I haven’t done any photography in awhile other than a snap or two out of my window. Yesterday, off to the local botanical garden with a new photo buddy. It was really nice to get outdoors again to take pictures, to sit and look and savor all the details the end of summer brings, from the last of the summer flowers to the turning of the leaves.
First stop here was this little brushy bush with red flowers. I don’t recall the name of the plant, but there were bees everywhere (in case you haven’t figured that out!). I had a 24-200 Z mount lens on my Nikon Z6ii, so I had no real macro lens, but at 200mm, I could keep my distance and wait for a bee. I cropped the photo considerably to show the bee and flower. And then this morning I thought up this rather bad title.
Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z mount 24-200mm lens.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Nice capture N! I think that flower is called Bottle Brush.
Glad you like it, Anne. I think it is a member of that family, though it is not the one I am more familiar with. This one is a low lying bush and the flowers are more like tassels than brushes for bottles!
If you find out what it is, let me know. I checked Google. Could it be paperbark melaleuca?
Anne