Two Bee or not Two Bee

Taken using hand held Canon A640 Powershot

Not two bees as it goes, but four different bumblebees of varying species going about their daily toil of gathering pollen from various flowers. I am no `bee` expert and am not sure of the differing sorts (please let me know any insect experts out there), but am just happy to see that there have been fairly good numbers around this summer.

It is estimated that the services of bees and other pollinators are responsible for one out of every three mouthfuls of food we have, quite worrying when you think that the numbers of these insects are dropping at an alarming rate. Money is a dirty subject, but relevant to so much in our world that I have to bring this up aswell ; the services of these insects has been valued at around £440 million a year. Let us look after our buzzing, bumbling friends, because without them, we may no longer exist!

Some Insects

Orange-tip butterfly (Male) Anthocharis cardamines
Common Blue (Male) Polyommatus icarus

Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae

Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum

Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum

Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella

Just a few photo`s of some of the insects seen on a wlk around King`s Dyke NR near Whittlesey. Some others that I saw, but was not able to photograph were Wall Brown butterfly, Small White butterfly, a very worn Peacock butterfly, Brown Argus butterfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Scarce Chaser Dragonfly and Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly.

All photo`s were taken with my hand-held Lumix FS15.