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Fire-tufted Barbet, Psilopogon pyrolophus, Takur Api
This species is one of common hill station Barbet in Malaysia highland areas, above 800m. Its usually solitary and its green plumage blends well with the foliage, thus making its difficult to spot when feeding on trees. But the call is unique, a cicada-like, high pitched whirr, repeated with increasing speed, make even experienced bird watchers confused it with a large cicada. Its highly specialized bill enables it to tackle hard fruits such as figs, which are swallowed whole.
Castelnuovo Scrivia, 20-02-2023
ZORKI 4 k - KMZ
Anno: 1975 Matricola: 75012012.
Obiettivo: JUPITER-8 50mm F 2.0 (n. 5735196)
Pellicola: ROLLEI RPX 100 @ 200
Sviluppo; KODAK D-76 - 1+1 - 20° - 15':00''
Fissaggio: SUPERFIX PLUS TETENAL 1+4 - 4':30'' - 20°
Scanner EPSON V600 - 2400 dpi
Apis mellifera on Rosmarinus officinalis: taken at f/11 with Yashinon 50/1.4 plus 25mm extension. Color and contrast correction.
In May 1895, Giuseppe Botti found in the great temple of Serapis, a pillar bearing a dedicatory inscription: "To the great god Serapis and sunnaoi (deities sharing the temple) for the safety of Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus". A few days later, parts of the Apis bull statue were found on the surface at the northeastern corner of the building leading to the underground galleries. The head was separated from the body as well as the tail and parts of the hooves. These parts remained for three years in the courtyard of the Alexandria municipality building until Chiess Bey, head of the museum committee of the municipal council, managed to obtain funds for its restoration. The Italian sculptor M.V. Marcucci took responsibility and pointed out the attaching point of the pillar under the belly because of a socket cut there.
This statue was probably dedicated to Hadrian or from the emperor himself to Serapis in the Alexandria temple, during his visit to Egypt in 130 AD. The bull was a sacred symbol of Osiris-Hapi, the god of Memphis, an Egyptian deity since Pharaonic times as a god of the underworld and a symbol of the annual resurrection of nature, and later on, turned into Serapis, and was worshipped by both Egyptians and Greeks.
The statue depicts the Apis bull in a naturalistic way, which appears clearly in the area below the chin. A layer of short hair appears on the forehead and two growing horns with the sun disk between them and a uraeus in front. The movement of the ears indicates sensitive listening, which alludes to the god responding to the supplication of its worshippers.
Black basalt
Provenance the great temple of Serapis, Alexandria
Reign of Hadrian (117-138 AD)
Graeco Roman Museum
Alexandria Egypt
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A bee numbed by the cold found in shade in a wet meadow in February. I put her in the sun on a dandelion flower where she greedily fed, before flying to the hive.
Une abeille engourdie par le froid trouvée à l'ombre dans une prairie humide en février. Je l'ai posée au soleil sur une fleur de pissenlit où elle s'est goulûment alimentée, avant de s'envoler vers sa ruche.
A newly emerged worker honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata, feeding on honey.
This bee was on of the bees used in two Honours projects, the first was to determine the effect of neonicitenoids on honey bees, and the second was to determine how more carbohydrates in the diet affects bee weight and development.
Photographed using a fixed 50mm F1.8 with extension tubes.
This photo appeared in:
Archer, C. R., et al. (2014). "Nutrition affects survival in African honeybees exposed to interacting stressors." Functional Ecology 28(4): 913-923.
Link to article:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12226/full
Vedere in grande - View large .......Mapa ...... No all'uso dei pesticidi in agricoltura:Salviamo le api.!!
Il glomere è un ammassamento di api operaie che si stringono fra loro nei mesi invernali al fine di mantenere costante la temperatura all'interno di esso. Viene formato tra i favi mantenendo al centro parte delle scorte predisposte per superare la stagione fredda. Le api all'esterno del glomere possono sopravvivere a temperature molto rigide poiché ricevono periodicamente il cambio dalle api all'interno dello stesso.