Bees and butterflies at war over the echinacea!

beautifully photographed Lori, the bees look like they are dancing already, just noticed the tiny butterfly on there with them
i am so tempted to give Echinacea another chance in my garden, i had about a half dozen and they all wilted and died on me, never knew why

Thanks Resi...I'm still learning this camera..it's been an extreme pain in the posterior. I don't like the macro function it's not as good as my older Canon.
echinacea is a lovely plant..sturdy and usually drought tolerant but also adaptable to wet soils too. I had to go out and bring it some water from the stream when it was just getting settled.
This var. is called Rubinstern (Ruby Star). According to the label it is hardy from zones 3 to 9.

Its a beautiful colour.

thanks Cinders...I hope it spreads...quickly...have a rather large bed to fill up.