Honey Bees – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Roadside Western Honey Bee and Rubber Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2022|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Honey Bees, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Apis mellifera, bee, bees, bloom, blooming, blossoms, Ericameria nauseosa, flowering, honey bee, honey bees, insect, native, nonnative, rabbitbrush, rabbitbrushes, roadside, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Western Honey Bee, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I wanted to share this photo of a roadside Western Honey Bee in a Rubber Rabbitbrush this morning because when I look at it I think of fall.

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Western Honey Bee And Common Mullein Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 3rd, 2021|Categories: Honey Bees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Apis mellifera, bee, bees, bloom, blooming, canyon, Common Mullein, European Honeybee, flight, flowering, flying, introduced, mountains, mullein, mulleins, non-native, nonnative, pollen, riparian zone, summer, Western Honeybee|

Both Common Mullein and the Western Honey Bee are introduced, non-native species yet I can't resist photographing them when given the opportunity.

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Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Plus a Bee in Flight

By Mia McPherson|September 5th, 2018|Categories: Box Elder County, Honey Bees, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: anthers, Apis, bee, blooming, blooms, blossoms, Cleomella serrulata, close up, flight, flowering, flying, green pollen, honey bee, pink wildflowers, pollen, pollen basket, purple wildflowers, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, wildflowers|

On Sunday I was up in Box Elder County looking for birds but I also felt I had to stop and take some images of Rocky Mountain Bee Plants that were blooming along side the road.

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American White Waterlily and a Honey Bee

By Mia McPherson|April 5th, 2015|Categories: Florida, Honey Bees, Pinellas County, Sawgrass Lake Park, Wildflowers|Tags: American White Waterlily, aquatic, bee, honey bee, Nymphaea odorata, summer, water, water lily, waterlilies, wet, wetland, wetlands, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Once upon a time I paid more attention to wildflowers and insects and photographed them extensively when I had the chance so today I thought I would resurrect one of my old files.

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When all the hives collapse where will we bee?

By Mia McPherson|May 21st, 2014|Categories: Florida, Hillsborough County, Honey Bees|Tags: Apis, bee extinction, colony collapse, GMO, hive collapse, honey bee, nature photography, neonicotinoids, sulfoxaflor, wildlife photography|

I've always felt it was my responsibility to speak for and defend those who can not speak. I feel that way about our bees survival and I know that many of you do too.

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