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Had many bees buzzing around my Flowering Almond blossoms! This one especially was hard at work!
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Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.
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A bee on plum blossom, here's hoping lots of plums will follow. I've been trying to get a shot of the bee flying to the flower, I'd set up and focused on one flower which was consistently avoided. After an hour I decided to follow the bee and try to get a face on shot instead.
It was pleasing to see the bees feeding so avidly upon the saxifrage in our garden as hitherto we have seen so few insects of any kind.
Unfortunately we only saw this one honey bee but maybe if the weather hold it will bring it's fellows along soon.
Just found this Andrena bee on a daisy flower. It was the only bee around and didn't fly away when I approached. I've learned that this behaviour can sometimes suggest that the bee is stylopised.
Stylops flies parasitise solitary bees (and other insects). The adults develop inside the bee and then protrude from between the bee's abdominal segments. The female Stylops remain in the bee and have the appearance of flattened maggots. The males pupate and then emerge from the pupa as a flying form. This bee seems to have two male Stylops flies in-situ.
After facing my fears, I finally got up close and personal with the bees. I waited by some agapanthus for a while, before I managed to take this shot. I'm pleased with the photo, as well as myself for getting so close.
This bee was just in the right place and time when I stumbled upon it. I think that this shot is good enough on its own where I don't have to muddle it up with wordiness.
Miner bee female on my arm - Andrena haemorrhoa ?
Natural light.
I was shooting another insect when this lovely bee landed on my arm
Today was my 1st "bug hunt trip" of the year. Actually I'm quite glad of the result, and hope this year will be a good macro year ! ;)
The Green Bee-eater, Merops orientalis, (sometimes Little Green Bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family. It is resident in a belt across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and The Gambia to Ethiopia, the Nile valley, western Arabia and Asia through India to Vietnam.Like other bee-eaters, this species is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is about 9 inches (16-18 cm) long with about 2 inches made up by the elongated central tail-feathers. The sexes are not visually distinguishable. The entire plumage is bright green and tinged with blue especially on the chin and throat. The crown and upper back are tinged with golden rufous. The flight feathers are rufous washed with green and tipped with blackish. A fine black line runs in front of and behind the eye. The iris is crimson and the bill is black while the legs are dark grey. The feet are weak with the three toes joined at the base