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Uploaded: 01/13/18 12:03 AM GMT
A Bee On A Christmas Tree !
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You will see the bee but may be wondering about the tree. This is a New Zealand native, the Southern Rata tree. Together with our Pohutukawa which has similar red blossoms they are referred to as our Christmas trees.
This one in in my garden. I climbed a ladder to get this shot ! It is not a reliable bloomer so we were very delighted when it exploded into colour in time for Christmas this year.
The bees love it and Rata honey is the best in the world :)

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::tigger3
01/13/18 1:24 PM GMT
Your effort climbing the ladder paid off wish a very nice post. Excellent color capture, and the bee is a honey of a capture. :)
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Ramad
01/13/18 5:09 PM GMT
It was worth climbing the ladder to get this lovely shot. The bee is not really the main attraction here :)
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::0930_23
01/13/18 6:33 PM GMT
I love the colorful diagonal line in this beauty LE. I give you an A+ even though it's a B.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.GomekFlorida
01/13/18 6:45 PM GMT
Great shot Lynn
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Long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the dark green forests were too silent to be real. Lightfoot 1967
.rvdb
01/14/18 7:39 PM GMT
Lyn there is more than one Bee found him hiding out great shot sharp as a pin.

Rob
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The reason why the sun sets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
::mesmerized
01/15/18 1:13 AM GMT
Beautiful vibrant color and love the angle...you climbed a ladder for this?...the things we do for caedes, lol...great work.
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I thought yesterday was supposed to be the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is. (Steve Martin)
::Nikoneer
01/24/18 9:53 AM GMT
The blossoms look like some of the Christmas gift bows I bought this past holiday so, for me, that and the color combination of red and green really make this a Christmas scene. I had to hunt around to see the bee and I'm glad it's in there, adding scale to the flowers.

-Nik
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