The hungry Bee

While working in the garden today,this exhausted Bee crashed to the ground near me.
So I picked it up and fed it some Sugar desolved in water.After a period of about 10 minutes it was ready to fly away! There is such a shortage of Bees that we have to help them during this transitional period,until the nectar bring blossoms are open.
Here you can clearly see it's 'tongue' while feeding on the sugar water.

Nikon D3 + Tamron 90mm f2.8 Di 1:1 Macro and ring flash 1/200 sec. f29 ISO 400,Spot Metering

Amazing what can be achieved with modern technology??