Fragility of flight
An example of not quite getting your settings right, but the moment provided an alternative perspective.
I had far too wide an aperture, slow shutter speed and long exposure for this one. But although focus is off, I just love the effect it has had on the bees wings.
Highlighting their fragility and yet they take this little bee far and wide in its search for pollen.
This is Apis mellifera, the western honey bee. Australia's European colonisers introduced these bees to ensure a good supply of honey. They are now wild throughout most of our southern States.
Honey bees do play an important role as pollinators of crops and wild flowers, but some wild flowers have suffered from their presence as these flowers can only be pollinated by our native bees. Some native bees use a special pollination technique required by certain flowers called buzz pollination. European honey bees do not use this technique and remove pollen without pollinating the flowers.
15 mm body length
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Fragility of flight
An example of not quite getting your settings right, but the moment provided an alternative perspective.
I had far too wide an aperture, slow shutter speed and long exposure for this one. But although focus is off, I just love the effect it has had on the bees wings.
Highlighting their fragility and yet they take this little bee far and wide in its search for pollen.
This is Apis mellifera, the western honey bee. Australia's European colonisers introduced these bees to ensure a good supply of honey. They are now wild throughout most of our southern States.
Honey bees do play an important role as pollinators of crops and wild flowers, but some wild flowers have suffered from their presence as these flowers can only be pollinated by our native bees. Some native bees use a special pollination technique required by certain flowers called buzz pollination. European honey bees do not use this technique and remove pollen without pollinating the flowers.
15 mm body length
© All rights reserved.