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Sunday 12 June 2016

11th June 2016, Red-tailed Bumblebee, male Bombus lapidarius "stealing" nectar from Aquilegia

 This Red-tailed Bumblebee male, Bombus lapidarius' tongue is too short to reach into the Aquilegia flowers' long spurs.  It "steals" nectar by cutting into the blind end of the spur, missing the pollen completely and playing no part in pollination of the flowers.



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