Bee on the flower is a photograph by Zina Stromberg which was uploaded on April 26th, 2013.
Bee on the flower
Southeastern blueberry bee(Habropoda laboriosa) on the pontederia cordata (pickerel weed) flower. Nalcrest. Florida.... more
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Bee on the flower
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Zina Stromberg
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Southeastern blueberry bee(Habropoda laboriosa) on the pontederia cordata (pickerel weed) flower. Nalcrest. Florida.
The southeastern blueberry bee, Habropoda laboriosa, is a native bee in the family Apidae in the United States. It is regarded as the most efficient pollinator of southern rabbiteye blueberries, as the flowers require buzz pollination, and H. laboriosa is one of the few bees that exhibit this behavior.
Pontederia is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. Pontederia is endemic to the Americas, distributed from Canada to Argentina, where it is found in shallow water or on mud. The genus was named by Linnaeus in honour of the Italian botanist Giulio Pontedera.
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