The Foxglove and the Bee

A rain-speckled Foxglove proves far too tempting a prize for this heroic Bee and it has to cling onto the wet flower of the ‘Lady Slipper’ in order to win a lap of sweet nectar, where the insect will inadvertently gather pollen on its legs and aid the plant’s reproduction cycle at the next flower along.

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