Sunflowers always make me smile. It seems like they are smiling as they follow the sun through the day. We recently went on a Yolo Arts & Ag Project outing to 3M Ranches to view their sunflower field. They had a warning to alert us of the bees, asking us not to interrupt their mission of pollinating the countryside.

Thanks to the bee boxes along the field, there were plenty of industrious bees working hard. I’m glad they were concentrating on their work because I’m allergic to them. I give them plenty of space. Watching them is amazing. They have one job and that’s all they do.

It was difficult to find a flower without a bee on it, but I managed. You’ll have to look into the full field pictures to find a sunflower with no bees. Unfortunately there was one casualty. I don’t know what happened to that one flower since the field looked young.

This ranch also had old equipment that we were allowed to photograph. In my next non-LAPC post I’ll show you the beauty of rust.

Until then, stay safe and healthy!

27 thoughts on “Sunflowers: 3M Ranches, Woodland, California”

  1. Wow! These are amazing macros. I agree with you that watching bees do their thing is wonderful. I can hardly wait for your next post, too. I like rusted vehicles and equipment.

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  12. Beautiful 🤩 and as you feel – smiling! My earliest memory of them is being fascinated to learn as a kid that they moved their heads with the Sun 😀.

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