Project 365

Photo #187 of 365 - Busy Bee, Fuzzy Bee

I learned something today about these worker bees. Fuzzy Bees are also called cactus bees here in Tucson.They are very fuzzy and love diving into the cactus flowers. I like to watch them dive into the flowers because they disappear for a second, then pop back up. They look like they are having fun rolling around in all the pollen. The females go to the flowers to gather both pollen and nectar. The males are territorial. They fly around look into a flowers or sometimes land for a just a second and then fly off to another flower. They just keep doing this over and over again stopping occasionally to gather some fuel (nectar) then they are quickly off again. If they see another male close by they chase them away. Another cool fact is that they sleep inside of the flowers. How smart is that? It’s a fluffy flower that closes up at night to protect them from environmental conditions! Hard works and oh so smart! Got to love our busy bees!

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