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A Passion for Passion Flowers

Honey bees are passionate about passion flowers (Passiflora).

The intricate tropical flower is their private merry-go-round, their favorite hide 'n seek place, their gathering spot.

If you've been around passion flower vines, you know they attract honey bees, carpenter bees and Gulf Fritillary butterflies.

It's a showy flower to be studied, to be admired, to be photographed.

Especially with honey bees circling it.

Honey bees foraging on a passion flower blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees foraging on a passion flower blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
So many bees, so little time. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
So many bees, so little time. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
From the top, the passion flower blossom looks like an intricate merry-go-round. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
From the top, the passion flower blossom looks like an intricate merry-go-round. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)