#hydrangea was flowering prominently in #Melbournes #BottanicalGarden yesterday.

They’re healthy, happy and absolutely stunning.

Regulars will know these plants and flowers are my #1 favourite on the planet!

Hydrangea fans, take them in… it’ll add another year to your life. Guaranteed 👍

👋 from Melbourne, Australia.

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Nature appreciation shots from #melbourne - at our lovely #BottanicalGarden which is south of the #yarrariver and skirts the city central business district.

It was founded in 1846 on reserved lands.

These beautiful gardens extend across 38 hectares (94 acres) that slope to the river with trees, garden beds, lakes and lawns. It displays almost 50,000 individual plants representing 8,500 different species.

A regular visiting spot for many #Melburnians

And me! 😁 #makesmehappy

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#Bees are beautiful don’t you think?

They’re the most productive insect on the planet I reckon. Always at work, pollinating our plants; they carry #pollen between plants of different sexes to fertilise them, which help #plants reproduce.

There are about 1650 #nativebee species in #Australia, they generally do not produce honey – tho there are 20,000 known species worldwide. Extraordinary!

#Honeybees were introduced to Australia from Europe around 200 years ago, they sleep between 5 & 8 hours a day.

Queen honeybees live on average 1–2 years whereas workers live on average 15–38 days in the summer and 150–200 days in the winter.

At the peak of the honey-gathering season, a strong, healthy hive will have a population of approximately 50,000 bees.

A honeybee only produces around a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey… in its whole life.

I had to double check that. But that is indeed correct.

These pics taken at Melbourne’s #BottanicalGarden this weekend 🐝

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