When closely inspecting a purple coneflower (echinacea), the plant has a very alien appearance. This wild honeybee no doubt had quite a plunder at this enormous flower! Bees can be kind of scary, but without them, we would have almost no food. We need to better protect our pollinators! The toxic outdoor chemicals we use (insecticides, roundup, etc) just cause instant death to our tiny friends, and slow, cancerous deaths to us. Please just stop using any type of outdoor chemical that ends in “cide.” Photo taken near Hartleton, PA, USA. Prints of this image are currently unavailable for sale. Please check back for availability.