# Anthophora on Salvia 1

- By: Gideon Pisanty (Gidip) גדעון פיזנטי
- Date: 2012-04-10
- Classification: Photograph
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Anthophora dufourii Lepeletier, 1841 (Det. Achik Dorchin 2012), male collecting nectar and pollinating Salvia hierosolymitana, Mount Carmel, Israel, April 10, 2012. Many Salvia species deploy a staminal lever mechanism: when a bee probes the flower for nectar, the stamens are lowered to deposit pollen on the bee's back. Note that the front leg of the bee is amputated.