bumblebee – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Common Hibiscus And Bumble Bee

By Mia McPherson|August 3rd, 2025|Categories: Common Hibiscus, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bee, bloom, blooming, blossom, blossoming, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, bumble bee, bumblebee, Common Hibiscus, feeding, flowering, Hibiscus syriacus, insects, native bee, nonnative, Rose of Sharon, shrub, summer|

While at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday morning, I photographed this Common Hibiscus bloom with a bumble bee during one of my walks.

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Prickly Poppies, Bees and a Grasshopper

By Mia McPherson|June 29th, 2017|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Argemone munita, bee, bumble bee, bumblebee, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, grasshopper, Mexican poppy, poppies, Prickly Poppy, Thistle Poppy, white wildflowers, wildflowers, wildlife|

Each Prickly Poppy flower is about 3 to 5 inches across with yellow centers of clustered stamens and delicate petals that look like white crepe paper.

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Beautiful Pollinators

By Mia McPherson|August 28th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Nevada Bumble Bees, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Bombus nevadensis, bumblebee, bumblebees, Cleomella serrulata, Common Sunflower, flight, flying, Helianthus annuus, hummingbird, hummingbirds, nature photography, Nevada Bumble Bee, Nevada Bumblebee, pink wildflowers, pollination, pollinator, pollinators, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, wildlife photography, yellow wildflowers|

Yesterday the light wasn't great in the morning but I did get out to take some images an Antelope Island and there were plenty of pollinators out and about.

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Monday Medley of Bees, Moths and Hummingbirds

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2014|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Davis County, Nevada Bumble Bees, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths, Wildflowers|Tags: Archilochus alexandri, bird photography, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Bombus nevadensis, bumblebee, bumblebees, Cleomella serrulata, desert, feeding, flight, flying, Hyles lineata, island, nature photography, Nevada Bumble Bee, Nevada Bumblebee, pollinators, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, scratching, Selasphorus rufus, summer, wildlife|

I've compiled a medley of images this morning of bees, moths and hummingbirds that I have photographed this past week to share this morning.

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