Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Echinacea sp. (cone flower) nectar, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Honey bee, Apis mellifera feeding on Echinacea sp., or cone flower nectar. Honey bees are in trouble in many parts of the world but are doing well in urban areas where their exposure to pesticides, insecticides and fungicides is limited. Photographed in London, UK garden.

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Echinacea sp. (cone flower) nectar, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Echinacea sp. (cone flower) nectar, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Purple coneflower, rubystar, echinacea purpurea rubinstern ,garden flower, spring, switzerland

Green Metallic Bee

Wildflower Garden

Black-eyed Susan or Brilliant Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)

Red coneflower (Echinacea), seminal state with petals, detail of the flower, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on yellow (Echinacea paradoxa) coneflower, Altona, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on yellow (Echinacea paradoxa) coneflower, Altona, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea), flower, North America, Germany, Europe

Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea), flower basket, North America, Germany, Europe

Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) sitting on a flower, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Flower of Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea), Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Flower of Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea), Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Female gardener

Bumble-bee on a flower - Echinacea purpurea

Bee pollinating Echinacea flower (Echinacea)

Red coneflower (Echinacea), seminal state with petals, detail of the flower, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Close up flower of purple coneflower (echinacea) purpurea

Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea), inflorescence, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Extreme close-up of echinacea stamens in full bloom; Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Plants, Flowers, Echinacea, Purple Cone Flower, Echinacea purperea ÔMagnusÕ.

Plants, Flowers, Echinacea, Purple Cone Flower, Echinacea purperea ÔMagnusÕ.

Plants, Flowers, Echinacea, Close up of flower head with orange coloured petals.