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a complimentary bee between complementary colours
Between limping to work and to the doctors I have not been able to take many photos lately. Over six weeks ago I was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma on my lower leg and had to go back to hospital to have a significant larger piece of skin removed. They could not pull my skin to completely close the wound (16 stitches) so it's still an open gash in the middle but seems to be healing slowly.
I am really not a suntanning kind of person and always preferred the shade but got it anyway. Please check the UV-Index before you go out and take precautions and put sunblock on yourself and your children/grandchildren!
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera is the Latin for "honey-bearing" or "honey carrying", referring to the species' production of honey..Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies with a single fertile female (or "queen"), many normally non-reproductive females or "workers", and a small proportion of fertile males or "drones". Individual colonies can house tens of thousands of bees. Colony activities are organized by complex communication between individuals, through both pheromones and the dance language.
Apis mellifera, naminė bitė, darbininkė
Lithuania, Tauragė, 2021.0531
Canon EOS R
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZE
A bee gathering nectar of a cosmos flower in my garden. Limousin, France.
Abeille butinant une fleur de cosmos dans mon jardin. Limousin, France.
I have wanted to try this technique for some time. I did one practice piece with two subjects and did not post it. This is my second attempt.....
.....I'm sure it must be easier when the subjects don't overlap! LOL
The average worker bee lives for just five to six weeks. During this time, she’ll produce around a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.
A6-API - Airbus A-380-861 - ETIHAD Airways
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 233 - built in 2016
One day later than last year, my first “Insect in Flight” shot in 2025 is, as often before, a Honey Bee:
Apis mellifera
Honey Bee
Honigbiene
Honningbi
flying at Crocus
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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Apis mellifera ligustica dite abeille italienne ou abeille jaune est une sous-espèce d'abeilles élevée pour son miel.
Apparue au sud des Alpes italiennes, en Ligurie qui lui a donné son nom, elle est, avec la Buckfast, la plus répandue des abeilles. Elle est répartie dans l'ensemble de l'Italie. Les qualités de cette abeille en ont fait la plus exportée au monde, notamment sur les continents américain et australien.
Elle est également abondamment présente en Nouvelle-Calédonie, où elle est photographiée ici sur inflorescence du palmier Dypsis decaryi dans mon jardin.
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honey bee ~ apis melifera
snakeshead fritillary ~ fritillaria meleagris (double blooms are considered to be rare)
Sometimes called the 'Checkered Lily', 'Chequered Daffodil', 'Lazarus Bell' and 'Leper Lily'.
Oxfordshire's county flower is the Snake's-head Fritillary. Ref: Wiki
Hardly any wildlife about for me to take a photo of so I decided I would look for insects. The butterflies had disappeared as soon the wind became stronger and more blustery but this bee was active in a sheltered corner.
• European honey bee / western honey bee
• Abeja doméstica / abeja europea / abeja melífera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Apidae
Genus:Apis
Species:A. mellifera
Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay
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