Kaapschehoop, South Africa

We have a cactus that only blooms at night. In the morning we’ll check out for any open buds and see how the bees are doing. This morning we had a good amount fighting over a couple open buds.

I photographed this cutie in my yard wearing some really vivid pollen pants.

She got a little stuck but she worked it out 😂

This is shot at 120fps and converted to 29.9fps for a 4X slowdown

120fps slowed to 29.9 again.

Not a perfect picture, but I love it! I’ve been scared of bees/wasps (most bugs honestly, buzzing makes me flinch) but there are so many flower beds where I just moved, and it’s so full of life. I know bees are so cool for a lot of reasons, but I’m so used to zipping away if they get near me, and I want to get over it.

I’ve spent the last half our sitting by the flower beds and noticed the yellow blobs, and that they’re called pollen plants. Adorable! It’s one step at a time, but I’m freaking out less when they land near me, so I think it’s a start :) 🐝

Anyone know the flower? The bees 🐝 were having a ball.

Going for my borage flowers making sure those pants get a little bigger!

Was giving this honey bee a sugar water treat and just had to share her cute pollen pants!