All for the love of nectar!
It’s not all gloom and doom in the garden at the moment – luckily I do have some winter flowering plants. Even when it’s cloudy and grey this yellow Abutilon right down near the back fence can be seen from the deck.
Abutilon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abutilon
But on a sunny winter’s day like the one’s we had a couple of weeks ago it positively shines –
it is almost like it has access to its own source of sunshine lol
Around the world Abutilons seem to be known by different names
(Flowering Maple, Chinese Bell flower)
Here in Australia it is known as:
Common name: Chinese lantern
Botanical name: Abutilon x hybridum
Don’t you think the flowers look like little chinese lanterns – and look at those huge stamens filled with pollen? Guess who loves them?
The bees of course lol
I watched this one make his way inside
 turn around – hang on with all his legs –  then sort of slide down a bit and stay there for a while – it was almost as if he was trying to gather the pollen on his rear end!
Or maybe he was just resting awhile in the shade lol
Linked to Nature Notes hosted by Michelle at Rambling Woods
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