I was out in the countryside trying to find interesting flowers to photograph when I came across this beautiful bumble bee collecting pollen from a thistle, Scotland's emblem.

Most nest in existing holes in wood (some nest in ground). Many will use 'bee condos', or will nest in fence posts or wood siding. Most species around a centimeter in length or so; body type is more ...

A wasp spider sporting striking yellow and black ... and focus on collecting pollen from ivy, which flowers in the autumn. Similar in appearance to the honey bee, the first reported sighting ...

hence their bright yellow petals and abundant pollen and nectar supplies. The goldenrod's pollen sticks to the bee's body, moving with it from flower to flower and leading to pollination.

Sonication is a high-pitched buzz to get flowers to release pollen and they also ... by microphones left in bee habitats. It had been thought Great Yellow Bumblebees were restricted to coastal ...