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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.
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A honeybee in an elbowbush, at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, for Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday - HBBBT!
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.
This scary looking bee keeps coming back to the same flower (sunflower family) at Herb Garden. I forgot to change the aperture.
Bee putting necter into a cell, if you look you can see all the necter/honey. Once all the water has evaporated off the necter the bees seal the top of the cells with wax because it is ready and has become honey.
While trying to photograph some mining bees (Four Banded Flower Bees) I realised the area was full of these wonderful Bee Wolf Wasps ( Philanthus Triangulum). They prey on honey bees, capturing them for their young. This female is opening the entrance to her tunnel, the gruesome resting place of this bee. Inside will be a number of chambers. Before cleaning the stunned but still alive bee, she coats it in a preservative mix of bacteria and anti-fungal. The wasp will then lay an egg on each bee, one per chamber. When the egg hatches, the grub will feed on the still alive bee keeping it alive as long as possible by eating non vital parts first.
Even more surprising was to see rub-tailed wasps entering the tunnel when the female leaves. This wasp is a cuckoo wasp that consumes the larvae of the host, in this case the bee wolf. Astonishing to watch.
The four banded flower bees were not touched by the bee wolf, instead it seemed that it chased off other wasps so maybe they get some protection by nesting in the same area. Protection from anything apart from the dragon flies which took whatever they fancied including the huge ichneumon wasps that were also in the vicinity. Any insect parts left laying around were cleaned up by the numerous different ant species on patrol.
I came across this bee hanging out on a butterfly bush. It wasn't moving very much and probably resting. After I came in it changed to a different blossom.
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I searched for an intelligent, mind-expanding quote about bees and found mostly quotes about the Bee Gees and bee's knees. Do you see any knees on this bee?
The off-camera strobe my husband used to photograph this bee did not seem to disturb it after some 20 photos. This bee and others continued to gather pollen as we left. Good stuff, that pollen!
Cooler, windy, and overcast here today. A temporary respite.