Purple Cone Flower

newbee101 · July 04, 2007, 07:53:10 PM

or Echinacea purpurea. Mine are just starting to bloom. We have hundreds of them this year.

JP · July 04, 2007, 10:05:08 PM

Great picture!

Cindi · July 04, 2007, 11:13:54 PM

Newbee101. Wow!!!! What a shot, the bee looks like its in heaven. I grow echinacea too, but I actually haven't noticed any bees on them ever. Same species as your purpurea, but maybe other stuff is just too much more enticing to them than the coneflower. Gotta wonder about these bees, spoiled? Have a wonderful day. Cindi

pembroke · July 05, 2007, 10:59:48 AM

As to the purple cone flower: I was at the Bernheim Forest last weekend and the honeybees were all over the purple cone flower garden at the entrance to Bernheim Forest. I didn't see much else they were interested in. for your info. Pembroke

KONASDAD · July 05, 2007, 01:09:15 PM

My bees ignore coneflower. Goldfinches like'm though in the fall.

fcderosa · July 05, 2007, 03:13:14 PM

Quote from: pembroke on July 05, 2007, 10:59:48 AM
As to the purple cone flower: I was at the Bernheim Forest last weekend and the honeybees were all over the purple cone flower garden at the entrance to Bernheim Forest. I didn't see much else they were interested in. for your info. Pembroke

Hmmm, could be my bees. ;)

tillie · July 05, 2007, 03:35:45 PM

The bees are all over mine - my honeybees, bumblebees and some tiny bees that look like miniature honeybees. Fantastic picture, newbee101.

Here are some of mine - not such gorgeous pictures, but I love the echinecea and grow lots of it.

http://beekeeperlinda.blogspot.com/2007/06/honeybee-on-echinecea.html

Linda T in the N Ga Mountains

Cindi · July 06, 2007, 09:42:12 AM

Linda, nice pictures in your Blog. I think that I will have to watch my echinacea more closely this year, maybe it produces nectar only during certain parts of the day, and the times that I have looked, there was not any bees. Hmm. Have a wonderful day, great life. Cindi

papabear · July 06, 2007, 04:15:35 PM

That is an awsome pic. Great job

newbee101 · July 06, 2007, 06:45:35 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Mici · July 06, 2007, 07:13:32 PM

aaah this is the "american straw" flower. we have three batches of them, they sure are beautiful. i was just about to pick the fresh ones today and i saw this tiny bity bee on it (not honeybee, some solitary) and left the flowers just to watch that bee :-D

newbee101 · July 07, 2007, 07:30:43 AM

Micci, like this?...

Mici · July 07, 2007, 09:01:02 AM

now..i don't know, the green back is probably the result of lighting huh? ermm but no, she ways waaay smaller, really tiny bity.

Cindi · July 07, 2007, 10:22:29 AM

Newbee101. Eeeeeweeee, another beauty of the picture.

Mici, no I think that the blue black is the actual colouration of the thorax of the bee. Many of the insects of this world when light shines upon them have this beautiful shimmery look. Wow, love the pics. Have a wonderful day, great life. Cindi

2-Wheeler · July 07, 2007, 01:00:20 PM

Newbee101: Fantastic pictures! Keep up the good work. Do you have a Flickr page?

newbee101 · July 07, 2007, 02:34:52 PM

No Micci, those are TRUE colors.
Look at this pollen......

newbee101 · July 07, 2007, 03:57:52 PM

Quote from: 2-Wheeler on July 07, 2007, 01:00:20 PM
Newbee101: Fantastic pictures! Keep up the good work. Do you have a Flickr page?

I do now! I am going to upload a ton of pictures when I get the chance. Thanks 2-wheeler

Mici · July 07, 2007, 06:06:19 PM

ok so...this is like..1:1 ratio:D