Stock Photo: White Tailed Bumble Bee Hovering Above A Foxglove Flower
ID 261538977 © Micko | Megapixl.com
White tailed bumble bee hovering above a purple foxglove flower with its proboscis ready to extract the nectar from deep inside. Bumble bees use nectar to make honey and also feed their larvae. These flying insects have yellow and black bands on their bodies and are essential pollinators for the food chain. Foxgloves Digitalis are common wild flowers and are used in the making of medicine to treat heart disease.
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