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Bee Pollinating Blue Curls; 11 April 2024; 03:14pm

Bee Pollinating Blue Curls; 11 April 2024; 03:14pm

The flowers here are Blue Curls and the bees just LOVE them. The reason they are called Blue Curls is the way their buds form. They start off as a literal curl ...
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The flowers here are Blue Curls and the bees just LOVE them. The reason they are called Blue Curls is the way their buds form. They start off as a literal curl of buds, tightly curled into these little 'wheels' with several of these all on the same stem end. As the buds start to blossom, the curls unwind, like a finger uncurling from a fist.

As that happens, the bees just flock to them, remaining happily busy for minutes at a time pollinating and collecting pollen.

In this image, you can see the bee is about halfway 'full' of collected pollen on its legs.
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Canon EOS REBEL T2i

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settings

Aperture 16/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 55/1

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location

Bastrop, Texas, US

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Apr, 2024

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