礼拜6在大学校园偶然发现两棵冬青， 怀疑是美国冬青(<em>Ilex opaca</em>, Aquifoliaceae)。 很多蜜蜂！

第一次当天拍完， 整理（主要是变小， 剪裁。 这些照片曝光都是对的， 也没有调颜色）。

1：53拍到2；16, 27分钟拍了55张照片， 大概有15个是很不错的。

1. Details on the small flowers of American holly. Wiki says it is in general dioecious, meaning there are male and female trees but the flowers here seems to be complete. The green ones must be stigmas and there are 4 anthers. I could see honey on the base of the stigma. 花的局部。

2. This must be a "female" tree since it has fruits here, from last year, but flowers all had pollen sticking out, so these flowers are complete or bisexual. I tasted one fruit and it was full of tannin and bitter, no wonder they were still there. Birds will use them after a few cycles of freezing and thawing, I was told by wiki. 尝了一个去年的红果， 难吃， 单宁很多， 苦。

3. Original photo (not cropped) to show the flowers and leaves.

4. A bit closer.

5. You can see this bee licking right on the base of the green stigma.

6. This one you can see the proboscis (tougue) at the intersection of green stigma and white petals.

7. Even closer.

8. Another angle.