Several delphiniums bloomed recently outside our house. They are one of my favorite mountain flowers because of their intricate blooms. Each bloom has it’s own pocket of pollen waiting to be sucked up and carried away by a hungry bee. Unlike other flowers like the daisy which have a single bloom that is easily accessible for the bee, the delphinium is another matter. I watched a bee systematically start at the bottom of one of the stalks and dive into each bloom one by one. Since the blooms are so deep the bee vanishes each time once inside the flower. All I could see see was the flower shaking from the outside. Once the pollen is accumulated the bee then moved up to the next one and started the process all over again until all of the blooms were visited. It was quite a site!