Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Busy Bees


I noticed quite a few bees gathering around the blooms of one barrel cactus.  

These flowers must be especially sweet.

17 comments:

irinapictures said...

Ours feel that summer is almost over and fly slow and lost looking for flowers; one stung me, but it was a third of usual midsummer passion and pain)). Summer goodbye.
Great image, I like the colors so much.

alp said...

Preciosas imagenes. Un beso desde Murcia.

Chrissy Brand said...

Wonderful colours.

Lowell said...

Amazing. Fantastic colors, too. These are busy bees. But I can't seem to locate those "bees knees" that people talk about! ;)

Kathy said...

That photo is pretty sweet too!

Birdman said...

Yikes! That's a lot of buzzing. What's the buzz?

Judy said...

Did you use a telephoto lens for this one? I wouldn't want to get too close to all those bees. Nice catch though.

Sharon said...

Yes, it was a telephoto. I don't think I'd chance a macro lens that close to cactus or bees.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Wow. I don't think I have seen that many bees except around a beehive.

RedPat said...

A feeding frenzy!

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

Just as well not to get too close. If the bees don't get you the cactus certainly will.

Randy said...

Looks like a bee buffet.

Jack said...

I'm just a little bit nervous now . . . I don't like lightning, heights or bees.

Kate said...

That cactus is playing host to a whole bevy of bees!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

The exotic flowers on this cactus must be like honey pots Sharon, wonderful macros.

Thérèse said...

Lovely, lovely!

Unknown said...

Now, that's a gorgeous shot, Sharon! I'm still waiting for my big barrel cactus to bloom...