Łódź, Stoki

The first nectar-amateur is honey bee - Apis mellifera, the second one is hoverfly - Eristalis tenax, the third one is greenbottle fly - Lucilia caesar. It is native to northeastern and north-central North America, but is widely spread in Poland and strongly invasive! Bees feeding plant. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - young leaves and flowering stems - cooked. Herbal plant - roots are applied as a poultice to burns; dried for infusion used as antiseptic.