Caroline’s Pollinator Pictures, Part 2

Even more pollinators beautifully captured as they visit the various flowers on this Canadian farm

Hi GPODers !

We ’re back in Caroline ’s Ontario garden to see more of her pollinator Eden . mark off out Part 1 , if you overleap it yesterday , and read the paragraph below for a refresher on Caroline ’s property :

Greetings again from our very snowy farm ! We are expecting another wallop of C this week which makes it palpate like the snowiest winter in late memory . Thank you for featuring some of my winter photos , so I thought I would switch gears and post you some pictures of pollinator . We are fortunate to have a very great property and have spent the last duet of years transitioning from a working sheep farm to a rural escape that is a refuge for all kinds of creatures . We have been adding more native flora to the garden and have been rehabilitate the area around our orotund farm pond . A former hay field is now becoming a meadow and we are working on develop an arboretum . Our place has always been free of the use of any chemical substance and we consider that this has contributed to the diversity of birds and insects .

We start today with our first glimpse of Caroline ’s lucullan garden bed in summertime ! We ’ve see to it a wad of this landscape immerse in drifts of snow , so it ’s tickle pink to see some of what emerges long after the snow thawing . Caroline plans on sharing more photos this year , and I ’m excited to see her gardens in the months to come .

In the first photo of Caroline ’s garden we see a large planting of bee balm , which look to be the native cherry-red bee balm ( Monardadidyma , Zones 4–8 ) . The monarda above looks a lighter in colour , but I ’m guessing it ’s just an core of the sun shining on the petal . Either path , this hummingbird clearwing moth ( Hemaris thysbe ) is still admire and savour .

A mini horde of bee has descended on this thistle ! I was think that photograph one or two bees severely at body of work was telling , but Caroline makes it all bet easy .

If you ’ve been paying care , you may have noticed a theme with Caroline ’s bee photos . All of the flowers that the bees have been photographed on are either over-embellished , blue or violet — and that ’s no coincidence!While a human ’s three photoreceptors peck up and create color combination based on ruby-red , grim and green , bees base their color on ultraviolet light , blue and green . This shit blue and royal flush the easiest to see and the more potential to get pollinated by a fugacious bee . The brighter the flower the more likely it is to get noticed , however , a pristine orb of globe thistle ( Echinopssphaerocephalus , Zones 3–9 ) will trace a crowd even with a more subtle lilac - white-hot color .

Another purple flower that is popular with local buzzing bee is theanise hyssop(Agastachefoeniculum , Zones 4–11 ) .

We wrap up this batch of stunning photos with a beautiful purple and pinkish plant life couple . We saw some of this bright pink bee balm in the first exposure , and it looks just as endearing backdropping a perfect bunch of aniseed Hyssopus officinalis .

give thanks you so much for share all of these unbelievable photos with us , Caroline ! Your garden is a straight pollinator Shangri-la , and I ’m excited to see it extend to evolve and receive more wildlife .

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