looks like a race to the top

A bee rested on the edge of a purple fringed tulip.

Merops Ornatus

female with butterfly

Bee

Last year I swapped some home grown tomato plants for a plant I've never grown in my garden, Teasel. I'm pleased to say several teasel were given to me and once they flowered they where enjoyed by lots of insects especially bees. This is one of the seedheads taken macro 1:1 using flash and LED spotlights.

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Canon PowerShot SX430 IS

f/5

1/13 sec

17 mm

ISO 800

Format: Macro 1:1

Lighting: Flash & LED spotlights

This close shot taken with the help of flip out screen

I’ve been chasing bee shots for a while, and today it finally happened! 🐝

With JJ by my side on his retractable leash (tucked under my foot so he’d stay put), I locked my camera in and got ready. The bees were zipping left and right — I must have taken about 30 captures until one turned out just right.

Finally caught a bit of beeuty in flight — and I couldn’t be happier.

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Bee on a dahlia in the San Francisco dahlia garden.

Banksia ericifolia

Heath Banksia

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May 20 has been designated as World Bee Day. To commemorate I have posted this picture from around 90 years ago, probably taken at the Royal Lancashire Show, of my dad holding a frame out of a beehive.

In later life he inherited my Granddad's bees but he became dangerously allergic to be stings and had to give up keeping them

Bee

One of our hives swarmed and landed conveniently in our mulberry tree. Nice and easy to collect. A local man stopped by and asked if he could have them as he used to keep bees back in Lebanon. We were happy to find a home for this lot.

colourful bee scene

A hasty shot taken in my garden this morning as another banker shot for my photo a day

Sony Alpha 65

Sigma 105 mm F2,8 EX Makro DG OS

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Sighted some bees while on a morning jog.

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Photo from my flower garden. and shot with the Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 30mm F3. 5 Macro lens on the Olympus E-M1, Mark II camera.

Bee eater dance and feed in Rmania

Closing out June

I couldn't decide between these two bee shots. These are from when I went up to Duluth. I had my first bridal shower today. It was fun. I'm not much for being the center of attention though. Thanks everyone for sticking with me through all this busy wedding stuff.

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European Honey Bee

Rosendahl-Darfeld, Germany

Bee - Cleethorpes.

the shallowest dof, 1.8 with additional macro lens