Tawny Mining Bee
This is a female Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva); a beautiful bee I think. I saw some a few days ago but couldn't manage to photograph them.
For these white background shots, I capture the bee in a pot, put it in the shade for a while and then transfer with a water-colour brush onto a white card. I find that you then have around 30 seconds before the bee is ready to fly off. I then transfer them back to the garden.
Tawny Mining Bee
This is a female Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva); a beautiful bee I think. I saw some a few days ago but couldn't manage to photograph them.
For these white background shots, I capture the bee in a pot, put it in the shade for a while and then transfer with a water-colour brush onto a white card. I find that you then have around 30 seconds before the bee is ready to fly off. I then transfer them back to the garden.