Bee-eaters of the World: A Field Guide
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Another photo from the meadow, when we had such a lovely summer. Hours of fun spent crawling around on hands and knees, capturing bees going about their business!
Lens mounted on Movo Photo AF Macro Extension Tube Set 16+21
El Prado municipal park, Curridabat, Costa Rica
bee in hibiscus blossom with loads of pollen 😂 Better don't get too close if you're allergic 🌸🐝☀️
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Caught in a sudden heavy rain storm, these bee's will grip on to flower or leaf with their powerful jaws till long after the danger has past!
Whilst in lockdown and looking through my many images I came across a number of them that I have never posted before.
A colony of Bee-Eaters were nest in the large bank in the background and frequently perched just in front of the hide.
Image taken in the Hortobagy region of Hungary.
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Most probably Bombylius posticus. This species is a kleptoparasite of solitary bees and eggs are laid close to their underground nests.
Because the Bee may blameless hum
For Thee a Bee do I become
List even unto Me.
[E. Dickinson]
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wmihail, thank you for this title.
Bee. Photographed in Maryland.
A focus stack of 3 images, shot with the camera hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set to 1/16th power.
bee on cornflower 🐝
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The bee wolf is a large solitary wasp, most often found on sandy areas of lowland heath and coastal dunes. They used to be extremely rare, with just a few scattered populations in southern England, but in the last few decades they have expanded their range dramatically.
Taken at Middlebere, Dorset
Osmias are so-called solitary bees belonging to the Megachile family, because unlike honey bees, they do not live in a swarm with a queen, who ensures their reproduction. In the case of solitary bees, each female ensures her own offspring. And to do this, she digs a burrow, which she will line with pieces of petals or leaves that she will cut in the surrounding vegetation, hence their nickname of flower cutters.
Les Osmias sont des abeilles dites solitaires appartenant à la famille Mégachile, car contrairement aux abeilles mellifères, elles ne vivent pas en essaim avec une reine, qui en assure la reproduction. Dans le cas des abeilles solitaires, chaque femelle assure sa propre descendance. Et pour ce faire, elle creuse un terrier, qu’elle tapissera avec des morceaux de pétales ou de feuille qu’elle ira découper dans la végétation environnante, d’où leur surnom de découpeuses de fleurs.