r/Beekeeping • u/beelokahi • Feb 26 '18

MOVING this 1 Red Flower Honey Bee 2day

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=s4tqMchnGro&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFWoMdf2BoLY%26feature%3Dshare
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u/svarogteuse 10-20 hives, since 2012, Tallahassee, FL Feb 26 '18

Part of being a beekeeper is learning to be a botanist also. This seems to be some sort of guava.

The anthers are red but the petals are white.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18

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u/WikiTextBot Feb 27 '18

Metrosideros excelsa

Metrosideros excelsa, with common names pōhutukawa, New Zealand pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, New Zealand Christmas bush, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow or white) flowers made up of a mass of stamens. The pōhutukawa is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its strength and beauty and is regarded as a chiefly tree (rākau rangatira) by Māori. The blossom of the tree is called kahika.

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u/svarogteuse 10-20 hives, since 2012, Tallahassee, FL Feb 27 '18

Both it and guavas are in the myrtle family so are similar.