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Small Bee (Native?) on Thistle Flower

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Small bee entering thistle flower

This picture and the one following show how well plants use insects for pollen distribution. This very small bee is busy collecting nectar from the flower of a common sow thistle. To get at the nectar, she's obliged to dig down deep, pushing her body between lots of pollen-covered anthers.