Be my honey-bee
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342179)
Rockingham, Australia
August 30, 2016 1:28am CST
I thought you might like this photo of a bee in the leptospermum bush that is in our garden.
There are many varieties of leptospermum or ti-trees as they are commonly called. There are single- and double-flowered types, most of which are found in Australia. The flowers can be white, pink or red and the great benefit for us is that the kangaroos don't like them. The evergreen foliage is quite sharp.
It gets the common name of ti-tree or tea tree as early settlers would use the leaves of some species to make a herbal tea which was rich in Vitamin C or ascorbic acid.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
31 Aug 16
Beautiful flowers! I haven't seen them around here.. but the bees are busy around here lately too
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Aug 16
is that the same tea tree that the bark gets made into oil for skin conditions?
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
31 Aug 16
@JudyEv lol, gotcha. I love tea tree oil, great for skin things that dont want to heal up
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@JudyEv (342179)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt I must admit I haven't tried it. I have eucalyptus oil which is good for taking the residue sticky stuff off new items - where the price ticket was stuck.
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@marguicha (223825)
• Chile
30 Aug 16
You are a master photographer! The picture is beautiful.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
5 Sep 16
Gorgeous photo but of course I would expect nothing less from Vince.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
30 Aug 16
gorgeous photo, those flowers're quite stunnin'.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
31 Aug 16
@JudyEv the flowers almost don't look real, lol. i wonder if'n such'd grow'n these parts outdoors? ne'er mind... i've more'n plenty that've the need to be hauled 'ndoors each autumn 'n i'm runnin' outta room :)
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
31 Aug 16
The flowers are lovely, first heardit from you in one of your earlier posts.
Do you the leaves to make tea?
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@snehakeshri (449)
• Mumbai, India
31 Aug 16
honey bees are very beautiful creature usually seen in roses
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@JudyEv (342179)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 16
To me, the flowers look almost like they're ceramic. Thanks for reading.
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
30 Aug 16
exceptional macro-photography and lovely flowers too
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@JudyEv (342179)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 16
Vin bought a new lens recently although I don't it's specifically a macro lens. He is on a couple of FB photography sites so has been enjoying putting up a photo to match the 'theme' for each day.
@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
30 Aug 16
I make my own moringa leaves tea with adding only cream and sugar. Nice flower btw but we don't have that unfortunately, lucky for you.
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@JudyEv (342179)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 16
I've been hearing a lot about moringa and how good it is for you.
@1creekgirl (41753)
• United States
30 Aug 16
What a gorgeous photo! I've never seen flowers like that before. Do they grow anywhere else than in Australia?
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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30 Aug 16
ok, i got stung by a bee yesterday.... so i'm not a fan today of bees. :-) plus, i think i have an allergy, though surprisingly, i didn't react as bad as i expected yesterday. perhaps it is because i took the benedryl so quickly
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@JudyEv (342179)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 16
I swell up if I get bitten too so I try to keep away from them. A bee sting is very bad news for some.