On closer inspection ...

[Clicker]

I found  a bee mid flight looking straight at the camera ..... 

so...

a heavy crop...

[Denis]

Yep, out and about and doing his/her thing (what are the pink flowers??)

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it's a Rhododendron Denis, a variety called .Percy Wiseman ..I have 80 different colours and  hybrids  now ... I buy 5 every year  and plant them in memory of our parents and a sister ... my latest one  from last year is Midnight Mystique .. Its just flowering this week  but it's young and only has about 8  or  9  heads on it ... see below ...taken yesterday ...

[vanguard]

I’ve tried a few times to get a decent shot of a bee in flight, not managed it yet.

[Clicker]

Neither have I Van ....

[CMunzel]

Capturing the bee was a happy accident then, Polly. Your rhododendrons must be a visual delight at this time of year and so gratifying given their connection to your parents.
I believe Rhododendrons are indigenous to the Himalayas and grow enormous in forests on the lower mountains. Have you been fortunate enough to see them there?  

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Actually I was trying to catch the bee but when I was editing I had so many pics at 20 fps that I thought I'd missed him completely   on this one and was about to delete when i had a closer look et voila !!  Not  the best bee pic I've ever taken but worth a second look ...

Here's a pic of  just some of the 80 rhodos  I have in the garden, from a couple of years ago at the end of May, looking out from my front door...  I feed them every year with ericaceous food  to keep the soil at an acidic pH of 4-5.5.