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-- You can use them as desktop wall papers on your computer or print them for personal use. By downloading these files here, you agree that you will not alter them in any way nor use them for commercial purposes. Permission is granted for you to use these photos for educational-purpose presentations. Republished courtesy of and all rights reserved by Dr. Zachary Huang of Beetography.com.

  

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A bee foraging on an aster, a plant providing nectar right near and after frost in Michigan. Published as a cover for the October 2005 issue of Bee Culture.
-- Download -- 		A bee in flight to Chinese cabbage flowers.
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A bee foraging on New England aster flowers.
-- Download --		 A bee foraging on Japanese Aster. Published as a cover photo on the Nov 2005 issue of American Bee Journal.
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A bee foraging on ageratum (Ageratum sp, Asteraceae), which blooms in October and seems to provide both nectar and pollen as seen from this picture.
-- Download --		 A bee foraging on goldenrod flowers (Solidago sp, Asteraceae), which blooms during Sepemter and October.
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A bee foraging on a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea, Asteraceae), which blooms all summer long.
-- Download --		 An European honey bee foraging on crimson clover. Taiwan, March 2006.
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An Asian hive honey bee (Apis cerana) foragin on flowers of a swamp milkweed. Taiwan, March 2006.
-- Download --		 An European honey bee foraging on pussy willow. Okemos, Michigan, April 2006.
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An European honey bee foraging on red clover. Usually honey bees avoid red clover because their tongue is not quite enough to reach the nectary of the flowers. But in August/September, when there are not many other flowers to forage on, bees try anything.
-- Download --		 A honey bee foraging on high bush blueberry flowers.
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An Asian honey bee (Apis cerana) foraging on a rhododendron flower (Azalea sp). March 2006, Taipei, Taiwan.
-- Download --		 A European honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) foraging on water hyacinth. Beijing, China. This was shot using my old Nikon Coolpix 990.
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