Spiny plumeless thistle - Cárduus acanthoídes

Very nice plant. Yes, it is very prickly, but why take it in hand? It's enough just to look at it. Hedgehogs, we do not strive to iron, but, we admire them.

Excellent protective function from lovers of field bouquets. Perhaps for this reason we can still see thistles in the wild today.

If you stay for a while near the thistle bush, you can see a lot of different insects that visit the thistle flowers.

The fact is that these flowers give a large amount of nectar. Bees adore thistles. As a melliferous plant, thistles are one of the leaders.

Pollen of a thistle of purple and you can determine from which flower the bee brought the update.

According to the reference books on beekeeping, from one hectare of thickets of thistle, bees can bring up to four hundred kilograms of honey. This is a very solid figure.

Honey from a thistle is highly valued. It slowly crystallizes. But, in its pure form, I did not see honey from the thistle. Usually it is present in honey from field grasses.

If you are offered to buy honey from a thistle, you can question this. Today there are different sellers. Some manage to sell honey from snowdrops. It's funny. When there is a snowdrop and when the bee begins to fly? Our world is very complicated, but, he's quite cheerful.

Thistle is used in medicine. according to some information, thistle flowers increase blood pressure. Personally, this medicine does not fit. I prefer those remedies that get over the pressure.

From the thistle, the symbol of Scotland, still receive oil, which is also used for medical purposes.

For me, thistles, this is an excellent object for macro photography. This is both an object and a bait. If you look at my past posts, then many butterflies, bumblebees, bees, grasshoppers, I photographed against the background of this plant.

Love nature and take care of your hands! Prickles of thorns can be very painful and can infect your blood.

Photos taken with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 camera
Author @barski
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