Home for Bumble Bees Original Painting
In addition to butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds, bumble bees are wonderful pollinators of wildflowers, like the Goldenrod, Wild Rose, and Penstemon in my painting which are very important food sources for the bees. The center focus of this image is a female bumble bee native to Colorado (Bombus balteatus), as she explores a Rose Crown cluster of flowers that grows up to 12 inches tall in subalpine and alpine regions of the West.
These amazing little creatures also perform buzz pollination which occurs from the strong vibration of the bee’s wing muscles, shaking pollen from blooms which benefits many flowering plants, including fruit and vegetable crops such as blueberries, cranberries, and tomatoes.
Bumble bees are the only true social bees native to North America, living in colonies and having overlapping generations. They are also active in lower light and cooler weather conditions, more so than any other bees, which increases their impact for pollination.
A favorite quote by May Kay Ash inspires us. ”Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.” So if a bumble bee can fly with its big fuzzy body and relatively tiny wings, then we too, can do the miraculous!
This painting is beautifully framed and protected with high quality museum glass. Image dimensions are approximately 10" x 14" and framed dimensions, 19" x 23". (Hover over images to magnify.)