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23-OCT-2010 © MiekeWAMinkjan

24 Pollination

Melbourne, Australia

Before flowers can produce apples they must be pollinated.
Pollination usually occurs naturally and most often as the result of insects, birds, and small mammals.
The sticky pollen from flowering plants clings to their bodies, where it is carried from one plant to another.
Honeybees carry out more pollination then any other insect, which includes ants, beetles, butterflies and moths.

And in 6 months time these apples are in the European supermarkets.

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Maaike Huizer25-Oct-2010 10:57
Sterke compositie; de (bijna) symmetrie past hier heel goed.
Margaret Lew25-Oct-2010 06:16
Nice capture of the bee at work in those pretty blossoms! Like your framing too! v
Walter Otto Koenig25-Oct-2010 01:39
A wonderful capture, and very informative once again. Thank you.
Cindi Smith24-Oct-2010 16:37
Beautiful image and I bet it smells wonderful. Love this!
LynnH24-Oct-2010 14:31
Lovely spring shot, Mieke!!
borisalex24-Oct-2010 13:40
I almost smell that blossom! And without bees ...NO food! V.
Guest 24-Oct-2010 12:25
Lovely apple blossoms and image Mieke!
Julie Tremblay24-Oct-2010 10:24
As our season is wrapping it up, yours begins in all its beautiful re-birth. Thank you for sharing.
Barbara Heide24-Oct-2010 09:32
lovely blossom!
Yvonne24-Oct-2010 08:25
The apple and quince blossoms are the prettiest to see, lovely image Mieke!
Guest 24-Oct-2010 07:12
ik vind deze foto bijzonder door de tak die als een boog hangt over de bloem. Goed gezien, Mieke.
Guest 24-Oct-2010 03:47
Hey! a busy bee! Nice capture, and we can see the action!
larose forest photos24-Oct-2010 03:16
Gorgeous apple blossoms! ANd the bee doing its work. Where would we be without these creatures busy pollinating so many of our fruits and vegetables?
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