These lovely, pink, cheerful flowers are just one type of Echinacea, in which there are 9 different species. I took these photographs in the Spring of last year and on this particular day the bees were in out in overwhelming numbers. This made for some easy macro photography of these busy bees because all I had to do was point my camera at a flower and click. Echinacea may sound familiar as it is a herb said to have numerous health benefits such as cold prevention, boosting the immune system, anti-inflammatory effects, mental health improvement and many more. However, even though there are some studies which may show it is has beneficial effects, there are others which say that these effects are yet unfounded. Regardless of whether Echinacea is good for us, it is definitely beneficial to your garden to grow such happy looking flowers which encourage the bees to come and visit.
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Awesome photos Laura. The colours are so vibrant, My favourite little creatures bees. How beautiful to see them hard at work.
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Thanks Linny,
I love bees too, I can sit and watch them all day hopping from flower to flower, especially the chubby ones that are a bit slower, they are much easier to photograph.
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beautiful….clear photos Laura! Hope that the start of 2017 is treating you well!
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Thanks Margaret, 2017 is going well so far, I found some time to paint on the weekend. It’s a huge painting, so it will be some time before it’s finished. Hope you’re staying warm.
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Staying warm getting ready for the next big storm. I can’t wait to see your painting when it is finished!
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Nice pictures. That’s exactly how I take all my photos – just point the camera and click! 🙂
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Wouldn’t it be nice if it was always that simple…. I think you don’t credit yourself enough, your photos are amazing!
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Beautiful flower – one of my favorites – I was able to get some nice photos of last summer.
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Lovely flower (photos) and post.
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Thanks Eddie, hope you had a wonderful weekend!
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Nice photos! Herb tea with echinacea is really healthy and tasty, it helps combat flu and colds :).
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Thanks and welcome. Happy to see your comment, and I totally agree. A nice addition to tea especially for the winter season!
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Lovely vivid colours – thanks for sharing. have just started a poetry blog here on WordPress in case you have time to have a look? Today’s poem is about Spring flowers 🙂 Have a nice afternoon, Sam 🙂
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Hi Sam,
Thank you so much for visiting, I am so sorry for the late response. I will most definitely check out your poetry…especially if it brightens my day with some flowers 🙂
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Thanks Laura 🙂
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