Posts Tagged: Echium wildprettii

The Tower of Bees

"The tower of jewels" ought to be called "the tower of bees." This spectacular plant attracts bees like a honey-laden hive does hungry bears.The tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii), native to the Canary Islands, is a biennal; it flowers only...

HONEY BEE zeroes in on a ruby-red blossom. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

LADY IN RED--A honey bee amid the bright red blossoms of the tower of jewels. Note the blue-gray pollen from the plant on her leg. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

BLUE SKIES, red blossoms, busy bees. A honey bee heads for a tower of jewels. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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