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Honey bees are present in the garden continuously from spring until autumn working their way around plants as they come into flower. This dark morph is feeding on a Sedum spectabile variety. Interestingly, the pale morph seems to prefer another Sedum spectabile variety with paler pink flowers.
I showed this bee previously on Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday, but I think it is worth a proper picture.
Seen in the Elan Valley.
It was a very dry and warm day. I was sprinkling water on the plants of my roof garden. Suddenly I spotted a bee drinking water from a small pool of water on a leaf. And then within minutes I found hundreds of them gathered to drink. I was trying to track their path and finally discovered a big beehive under the sunshade of a house 30 yards away from my own. I wonder how they have developed the skill to search for the source of water and communicate for the same to other members of the hive!!!
Later I learned that honey bees sometime drink water. They take the water and put it into their hive. As the bees fan their hive entrance, the water evaporates and helps to cool the beehive. They also use water to dilute honey to feed their larva.
The B Spot, or, Don't Sit Here (working title).
Clevelanders will get the B Spot reference. I really miss their burgers and wish Michael D. Symon would open one in Melbourne, or even Orlando would work.
(iPhone-only shot, taken at a playground in Viera, Florida)
Fossil Bee of an unidentified family in the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. This insect lived during Eocene time, around 50 million years ago. It was was found in the shallow lacustrine deposits of Lake Uintah, the largest of the three lakes of the Green River system. The specimen is about 1.5 cm long. Bonanza, Uintah Co., Utah.
Tamron LD Di AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 Tele-Macro with 62mm filter thread. Some post processing to rotate and crop.
There were lots of bees and wasps on the sunny side of a fountain. I presume they were eating the algae that was growing at the edge of the water rather than drinking the water. Thanks for your comments - so they are drinking the water then.
August 2016
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Bees are mainly under threat because of changes to the countryside in the UK. Changes in agricultural techniques have meant that there are far fewer wildflowers in the landscape than there used to be, meaning that many of our bee species are struggling to survive."
I took the macro lens out of moth balls today and tried to photograph the bees in our little pond. I used the flash and did not know what I was doing but after taking many photos I sort of worked it out. I put the camera on Manual, exposed for the background. I then put the Flash on Manual and dialled it down until the bee was not blown out. If anyone has any extra tips for me about how to photograph insects I would love it. This is new for me. Not even sure if this is how you are supposed to use flash for macro.