Phillipine bees and flowers

[Cindi]

Tig, our fellow forum member from the Phillipines has asked me for some help.  He e-mailed his pictures to me because he could not get them into the forum so I said I would do it for him.  Maybe one day someone can help him better than I could a couple of days about when I tried to explain how to post pictures.  He has some very pretty pictures of flowers indigenous to his homeland and took some nice time to get them ready for us to view.  His description follows:

Pic 200.  Wild sunflowers, which a both a honey and pollen plant and grow like weeds.



Pic 202 â€" “touch-me-not”, honey and pollen plant, considered a weed because when the plant it touched the leaves fold up and close.  He thinks it belongs to the mimosa family

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210 â€" colopogonium â€"the picture has both the mature and immature flower and seen has a pod attached.  He thinks it is considered part of the legume family.  They consider this plant another obnoxious weed, but the honey made from the plant is very light coloured and smooth tasting, a truly excellent plant to have around for a beekeeper!!



Pic 221 â€" a bee foraging on the wild sunflower



Pic 219 â€" a bee and another insect (he is not sure what kind of insect, but seems to be drawing nectar as well) in the wild sunflower.



Tig has been having rainy and overcast days and the pictures did not come out as nicely as if it had been a clear and sunny day.  He will continue to take more pictures so that we can see what kind of bee plants he has here in his country.
Post re-written on behalf of Tig.  Great day.  Cindi

[Cindi]

Tig, the post looks awesome.  You really did some fine picture taking.  By the way, pictures are actually much better if taken on an overcast day instead of sun in my opinion.  A sunny day is great if it is morning or later afternoon sun, I prefer the cloudy weather.  The morning dew on plants gives a very pretty picture when the sun shines through it.  Great day, Tig, thank you for allowing me to post these beautiful pictures on your behalf.  Cindi