Bees & Bumblebees
Images of honey bees, solitary bees, bumblebees and New Zealand native bees. Though the European honey bee is the main focus for agriculture in New Zealand both for homey production and crop pollination, New Zealand has over 20 species of native bees of which relatively little is known. Most of our native bees are small and largely black. Most, if not all, are solitary bees. We regularly see about four of these species in our garden, some of whom are tiny only 5 to 6mm long. I often see them in the puha or sow thistle flowers so leave these weeds to grow and flower in our garden to encourage these native bees.
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Bumblebee Feeding On Salvia
$100.00A bumblebee thrusting its head into a purple salvia flower to get nectar.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...$100.00 -
BumbleBee Crawling Up Into A Foxglove
$100.00A bumblebee clambering up into a purple foxglove flower to collect pollen. When the foxglove first come out into flower in spring there's a constant toing and throing of bumblebees collecting pollen.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased...$100.00 -
Bumblebee Flying Into White Foxglove
$100.00A bumblebee flying in to land on a white floxglove. I love having foxglove in the garden because of the number of bumblebees they attract.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the...$100.00 -
Bumblebee Climbing Into A Foxglove
$100.00A bumble bee climbing up into a foxglove flower. I always enjoy watching bumblebees forage in the foxglove and the way they clamber in and out of the flowers.Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on...$100.00 -
Honey Bee On Nemesia-2
$100.00A honey bee collecting pollen from a Nemesia Aromatica flower in our garden during mid summer. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We...$100.00 -
Honey Bee On Bok Choi
$100.00A honey bee in our vege garden pollinating the Bok Choi. I often let plants like this flower and go to seed in the garden as they draw in the bees. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium...$100.00 -
Honey Bee On Salvia
$100.00A honey bee climbing into a purple salvia flower in our garden. Salvia is one of the most popular plants in our garden for both honey bees and bumble bees. It is always buzzing with life. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on...$100.00 -
Honey Bee on Clover
$82.00A honey bee on a white clover flower on our lawn. As well as being good for the bees, clover is essential for the common blue butterfly which lays its eggs on its leaves hence I've let a few clumps of clover get established around the garden and in our...$82.00 -
Honey Bee on Rock Rose
$100.00A honey bee in our garden collecting pollen from a pink rock rose. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints due to...$100.00 -
NZ Native Bee on Nemesia-1
$100.00A tiny New Zealand native bee taking off from a nemesia aromatica flower in our garden. These are solitary bees that collect pollen by rubbing it on the hairs of their back lags and abdomen often caking it on so thickly that their whole back leg...$100.00 -
Honey Bee On Sow Thistle
$100.00A honey bee in our garden collecting pollen from a yellow perrenial sow thistle or puha flower. We often let these "weeds" flower and go to seed as the flowers attract both honey bees and the New Zealand native bee and the seed heads are a source of food...$100.00 -
Honey Bee On The Sage
$82.00A honey bee landing in our herrb garden to collect pollen from the sage. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium using the Chromaluxe dye sublimation process. We recommend aluminium prints...$82.00 -
Honey Bee Landing On Rosemary
$100.00A honey bee coming in to land on a rosemary flower. I took this shot on Great barrier island in the herb garden of one of the houses we stayed at. Framing & Mounting: This image can be purchased printed on either stretched canvas or on aluminium...$100.00 -
Wool Carder Bee on Salvia
$100.00A wool carder bee collecting pollen from a purple salvia flower in our garden. The wool carder bee is a European solitary bee accidentally introduced into New Zealand around 2007. The males are aggressive and will chase other bees off the flowers that...$100.00 -
Wool Carder Bee on Knapweed
$82.00A wool carder bee sitting in the middle of a centaurea dealbata flower in our garden. These flowers are part of the genus commonly known as knapweeds. The wool carder bee is a European solitary bee which found its way into New Zealand around 2007. The...$82.00 -
A Hylaeus Or Masked Bee
$100.00A Hylaeus or masked bee gathering pollen from a hebe. This is one of New Zealands small native bee species and like most of our native bees is a solitary bee that make there nest in a small tunnel in the ground. Framing & Mounting: This image...$100.00