The “bee’s knees” and bumblebee butts. #Wordless Wednesday #Wildlife Wednesday

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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31 Responses to The “bee’s knees” and bumblebee butts. #Wordless Wednesday #Wildlife Wednesday

  1. bekitschig says:
    September 23, 2020 at 5:51 am

    Kudos for your patience …

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  2. Anne Mehrling says:
    September 23, 2020 at 6:46 am

    I’ve never actually looked at bee’s knees before! Amazing!

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  4. Barbara Rodgers says:
    September 23, 2020 at 8:33 am

    Great photos! I’ve never had much luck capturing bees on camera… Well done!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 23, 2020 at 8:10 pm

      Thanks Barbara. I was lucky with these bees. We have a big garden at a nearby park that is tended to by the”Green Team” volunteers, a group of high school students who grow and sell flowers they grow in hothouses at the high school and have also planted a pollinator garden at this park. This is where I got the photos of the Monarch and Swallowtail earlier this Summer before you/I followed one another.

      Why not sit and sip a bit? #Wordless Wednesday #Orangeade!

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  5. Sarah ODell says:
    September 23, 2020 at 9:27 am

    These are beautiful photos!

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  6. incahootswithmuddyboots says:
    September 23, 2020 at 12:31 pm

    Beautiful captures Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 23, 2020 at 8:18 pm

      Thank you Sabine! This was all at one garden near my home. Now if the hummingbird(s) would just cooperate!

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      • incahootswithmuddyboots says:
        September 24, 2020 at 10:48 am

        To photograph hummingbirds I recommend bringing a chair, a freshly charged battery, lots of space on your memory card and patience! 😉

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      • Linda Schaub says:
        September 24, 2020 at 8:52 pm

        Ha ha – well your photos of the hummingbird were just perfect in my opinion. I have to get out and just wait on the “arrival” in the morning and do nothing else – that will be next Summer. I have to have a good background and the house is small as is the garden and the chain-link fence is not a good background look. Many times I was putting out fresh sugar water and the hummingbird saw me and zoomed over while I was swapping out the feeders. She saw me take away the feeders and bring out new ones. I got four to be able to thoroughly clean two at a time. So the feeder was only gone a half-minute before I put the fresh one out. I know the old sugar water was not cloudy or old. So, of course she came over while I had stuff in my hands, or they were wet. 🙂

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  7. Laurie says:
    September 23, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    Beautiful close-ups of bees and flowers, Linda! My bartending son just just made up a fancy drink that he called Bees Knees. I haven’t tried it yet.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 23, 2020 at 8:48 pm

      Thank you Laurie. I believe that is purple Loosestrife and I know it is orange Lantana – loved by both the bees and the butterflies in this volunteer garden. Well that’s a fun drink title … I wonder if it is sweet like honey or yellow and a dark color like a bee that prompted the name? I struggled on whether to put quotes around Bee’s Knees or not in the title – not everyone knows that expression, but bees do have knees … fuzzy ones!

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  8. Sandra J says:
    September 23, 2020 at 8:49 pm

    Beautiful photos Linda, I just got to your site this evening. I loved seeing the bees on all the colorful flowers. 🙂

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 23, 2020 at 8:52 pm

      Thanks Sandra – I am glad you liked them. I was able to get close up and hone in on those bees – they were so busy they didn’t even notice me! I believe the purple flower is Loosestrife and the I know the orange is Lantana (same flower as the butterflies shots). I was late getting here to WP tonight and am two days behind in Reader. The weekend chores put me behind and I’m still trying to catch up.

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  9. AnnMarie R stevens says:
    September 23, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    Miss Linda……………………………you are so clever……………………….how did you come up with the title: “bee’s knees and bumblebee butts”???…………………………I am enjoying your keen vision!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 23, 2020 at 10:04 pm

      Hi Ann Marie – I always liked that old expression about being “the bee’s knees” if someone or something was special, so I had those close-ups of the bees and thought it would be fun to write “the bee’s knees” and I discovered a few bumblebee butts when I got home and reviewed the pictures – so a title was created! I am glad you are enjoying these fun posts.

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  10. indianeskitchen says:
    September 23, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    I think when you retire you should become a photographer! Linda these are amazing pictures!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 24, 2020 at 7:59 pm

      Thank you Diane! I was lucky that the bees were so busy in the flowers that they didn’t notice me – it was like the butterfly pictures on those orange Lantana – I was standing right there and it didn’t faze the butterflies in the least!

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  11. Sartenada says:
    September 24, 2020 at 3:30 am

    Terrific photos Linda. Thank you sharing them.

    Have a great day!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      September 24, 2020 at 8:16 pm

      Thank you Matti – glad you liked them. There is an expression here called “the bee’s knees” meaning an admired thing (as in person, item) … it is an older expression that you don’t see/hear anymore. I assume bees have knees though. You enjoy your Friday Matti.

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  12. Ron Walker says:
    September 24, 2020 at 11:20 am

    Fantastic photography. I am envious of your skill. Simply wonderful.

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  13. Erwin Foo says:
    September 25, 2020 at 11:09 am

    Beautiful bees photo! Thank you for the sharing 🙂

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  14. J P says:
    September 29, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    Lovely photos, as always.

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