Hoto: Kudan zuma Pollinating Fragrant Linden Tree Flowers

Wannan hoton shimfidar wuri mai tsayi yana ɗaukar hangen nesa na kudan zuma da ke kiwo a tsakanin furannin Linden (Tilia) masu ƙamshi, yana kwatanta fa'idodin muhallin da waɗannan bishiyoyi ke kawowa ga yanayin lambun. Abubuwan da ke tattare da su sun ta'allaka ne kan kudan zuma guda biyu (Apis mellifera) suna mu'amala tare da gungu na furanni, kewaye da koren ganye masu siffar zuciya.

Furannin Linden suna da laushi kuma masu siffa ta tauraro, kowannensu yana da furanni masu launin rawaya guda biyar waɗanda ke karkata a hankali a waje. Wadannan furannin suna da ɗan haske kaɗan, suna ba da damar hasken rana don haskaka laushinsu. A tsakiyar kowace fure, ɗimbin ɗimbin ɗigon rawaya masu haske suna haskakawa a waje, an ɗaure da anthers masu ɗauke da pollen waɗanda ke haskakawa cikin haske. Furen suna tattare cikin cymes masu faɗuwa, an rataye su daga ƴan ƴaƴan ƴan koren da suke fitowa daga ganyayen ganye. Kowane gungu yana ƙunshe shi da ƙwanƙwasa koren kore-mai tsayi da ganye-wanda ke ƙara bambancin gani da kyawun tsari.

An kama ƙudan zuma a cikin daki-daki. Kudan zuma ɗaya yana manne da fure da ƙafafu, jikinsa lulluɓe da gashin gashi masu kama pollen. Fuka-fukansa masu jujjuyawar suna ɗan yaɗuwa, suna bayyana sigar jijiya mai laushi. An binne kansa a cikin furen, an miƙe eriya a gaba, kuma cikinsa yana nuna maɓalli na zinare-launin ruwan kasa da baki. Kudan zuma na biyu yana zaune akan wani furen, proboscis ɗinsa ya shimfiɗa zuwa tsakiyar furen. Fuka-fukanta sun fi naɗewa, kuma ratsan cikinsa a bayyane yake.

Kewaye da ƙudan zuma da furanni akwai manya, ganyaye masu sifar zuciya tare da gefuna masu ɓarna da fitacciyar siffa. Ganyen suna da wadataccen kore tare da ɗan ɗan haske mai sheki, kuma rubutunsu yana ƙara ƙarfafawa ta hanyar wasan haske da inuwa. Wasu ganyen da ke gaban gaba ba su da hankali sosai, yayin da waɗanda ke tsakiyar ƙasa an bayyana su dalla-dalla, suna haɓaka zurfin da gaskiyar yanayin.

Bayan baya yana da ɓaci a hankali, ya ƙunshi ƙarin rassa, ganye, da gungu na furanni a matakai daban-daban na furanni. Wannan tasirin bokeh yana jawo hankali ga ƙudan zuma da furanni a gaba yayin da yake riƙe da wuri mai nitsewa. Hasken na halitta ne kuma yana da ma'auni mai kyau, mai yiyuwa an kama shi da safe ko bayan la'asar, yana fitar da haske mai dumi a duk faɗin wurin.

Wannan hoton da kyau yana kwatanta kimar namun daji na bishiyoyin Linden a cikin yanayin yanayin lambu. Furen furanninsu masu kamshi ba wai kawai suna haɓaka ƙwarewar lambu ba amma kuma suna aiki azaman tushen tushen nectar ga masu pollinators. Kasancewar kudan zuma yana nuna rawar da bishiyar ke takawa wajen tallafawa nau'ikan halittu, yana mai da shi kyakkyawan zaɓi ga masu lambu waɗanda ke neman kyakkyawan aiki da yanayin muhalli.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Mafi kyawun nau'ikan bishiyar Linden da za a dasa a cikin lambun ku