Hive Provider. Apis mellifera, Honeybee, on African Daisy, Osteospermum, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

            She's spending the last weeks of her life, our Honeybee, foraging for pollen for the well-being of the hive. Before this she was a hive worker for a couple of weeks, feeding the larvae and generally cleaning up. Also 'chemically' extracting the nutrients from the pollen delivered by her older companions, and dumping the leftover debris. 
As a forager herself now she won't partake of the pollen she's collecting because her system no longer has the enzymes necessary to access those nutrients.
Honeybee is delighting on an African Daisy, an Osteospermum in the Hortus Botanicus.
   

Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Binnenstad (show map)

Taken on: August 24, 2019

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Camera: Olympus TG-3, f/5.0, 1/320 sec, 11.8mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus TG-3
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	11.8mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Contrast:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 21,00
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