The beauty of this Pink Dahlia was past but the bees were still interested in the flower.
The Bumblebee in the center was accompanied by a Metallic Green Bee.
I name certainly fits with the fluorescent green color. 
The Dahlias are now all brown from a freeze and will be putting on no more show this year except through my photos.
43 comments:
that's beautiful with the bee..
Too cool, you sure have a way with a camera fishing guy. They fly off on me I can't catch them...
That is a beauty Tom and I do love the bugs. :)
So you glad you said the dahlias were brown now. I was looking out my window wondering how you could still have flowers. :)
I like the mottled color of the bloom at this stage and the bees are a added attraction.
Nicely captured.
WOW ... critters AND flowers in your lovely macro photos ;-)
Hugs and blessings,
WOW! Just beautiful!
That's the beauty of photography. It's recorded and we can enjoy it any time we like.
Doesn't smell as pretty though. tee hee
strange little green bee FG. Everything is closing down for the winter now.
Beautiful bloom and nice close up of the bees.
The last photograph is my favorite. Nice job!
Joyce M
Sigh, such beauties. All the birds are great, too. Such variety.
You got some great shots of the bees on the dhalia. The detail on the bees is amazing.
Beautiful flower and the bee.
Great shot.
Thanks for visiting me too
Gunilla
Enjoy as long as you can!!
Lovely pitures including the bees;)
Great shots!!
poor lil guys - they'll have to wait til next flower season! hehehee
I have never seen that kind of bee before (metallic green)
I just came in the house after lifting all my dahlias, they're good to go for next spring.
Beautiful flower. Great green bee!!
Luiz Ramos
Great capture on the bees, they thought the dahlia was still tasty.
I have a few flowers left but soon will be reaching into my files as well.
Through Squirrel Eyes
It is nice to have beautiful shots to look at, when the winter comes! And what a funny little bee, I have never seen the little green bee before!
Nice shots of both the fading dahlia and the bees!
Flower Power Tom.
"Dahlias are one of those garden delights that have soft and delicate petals yet beautifully layered by nature and arrayed with multiple colours to attract helpful visitors such as bees who are free to please themselves."~@lcd, 26 Oct 2009
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Busy to the last moment..you gotta love the working ethic of a bee even tho frost and killer cold weather will stop its need to do.
Great shots and I love your ducky header shot! Great capture!!!
I think you need to show larger views of your gardens..you have so much beauty in them...love the bees!
those are gorgeous shots and nice macro views of the bees.
This is a good time of year to shoot the bees as they are a little sluggish.
Nothing but the memories, now.
Hi Fishing, my great friend
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Your flowers and your critters are always fantastic.
I had few time to blog sorry!
Hugs
Luiz
How funny I have a pink Dahlia as well but minus all the awesome bugs, these are terrific!
Great macros of the buzzing bees getting their last bit of miracle juice
from the stunning pink Dahlia!
Love the duck header..have a wonderful week F.G.
i am torn between what's more beautiful - the flower or the insect. both ceratinly have their charms. great close-up shot.
by the way, i already have my own domain, pls update my link to www.lawstude.net :) tnx fg.
Bee had to Bee where it had bee-n till the picture had bee-n shot. The picture of the flower and the bee. Nice shot...................
- Pixellicious Photos
What splendid macro photos, Tom!
nice !
Hi Tom it seems the insects are trying to squeeze the last bit of pollen out they can before winter nice shots !!
Gorgeous and amazing!
lovely pink dahlia, love its soft pink color.
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Beautiful capture of the bees! How on earth does everybody get this right? I guess my "stalking" skills suck because everytime I get close to an insect, it flys away! Or have you also started to make little claymations like the Bug Lady (LOL - just kidding!)
Oh boy!! I clicked on that close-up of the little green bee, and WOW! --What amazing detail!! So, it looks like they have a set of large compound eyes and a set of little simple eyes. Do you know whether that's what we're looking at?
Love the bee-and amazing you got the 2 in one flower.
The shift supervisor and a trainee!
You did well in that photo shoot.. great capture of the bee.
Nice bees! That green fellow is interesting for sure.
I love the dahlia and the bee! Very very nice macro!
Love that green bee....cool! Of course the flower is beautiful, also :-)
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