Photographer finds sleeping bees and flowers and that's the cutest thing

When wildlife photographer Joe Neely and his fiancee Niccole went out to look for a poppy field, they didn't realize they would see such a cute scene. Little tired bees stopping to sleep in the flower center.

Halfway home, Joe and Niccole spotted a patch of pink flowers on the side of the road and decided to stop taking photos.

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Niccole was photographing without realizing it, as the Globe Mallow flowers were hidden among the pink flowers when she heard the bees buzzing nearby. Then she noticed that some of the flowers had bees inside, but they weren't moving. ”

Globe Mallow (Sphaeralcea) is a flower originating from arid terrain in North America, such as in the state of Arizona, where Joe and Niccole live. They attract tiny Diadasia, or, as they are better known, Globe Mallow Bees.

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Joe then, as a good wildlife photographer, stopped to watch. “Soon all the flowers were busy and a bee was left out. She crawled to one of the flowers and joined the other bee. I was watching as she stumbled almost as if drunk until she settled, ”Joe says.

That's how he captured the moment below, with his macro lens and a lot of patience.

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Brandon Hopckins, a researcher at Washington State University, warns that bees don't have eyelids, so that's not how you identify a sleeping bee. He says scientists have realized that when bees sleep they "stop moving their antennas and, in some cases, fall sideways."

Remember that bees are important to the environment! #SaveBees