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This bee was about to land on this pretty red flower. The flower looks just like a Texas Bluebonnet flower, but it is red instead of blue. The bee has a lot of pollen on its legs already! It is a hard worker!
An Australian native species of stingless bee, commonly known as the Sugarbag Bee (Tetragonula carbonaria). They produce honey just like European Honey Bees do and they can also be farmed! Awesome!
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Sweat bee on wild rose (Rosa nootkana)
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The bees were out in force on our Snow Crab tree so I decided to do a bit of macro photography. I used the 105mm macro lens and set the camera on continuous focus (C). I shot in manual exposure mode with auto ISO.
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A quick break during lunch, man flu in abeyance whilst the sun was out, went for a little fresh air. this was another trial with the Hoya filters stacked on a Tamron macro lens with ring flash, hand held on manual focus
Mikael told me there are a lot of bees in the backyard and he was right. Our little orange tree protected from the wind by the fence was a good place to start. i contacted a bee keeper and for a fee he came and shook those little rascals onto the trays and placed them in the box. later, after dark, he came to pick up the box and take them to where they will be put to good use.
The drone brood (male bees) is on the increase at this time of year. About 10% of the cells are now occupied by drone larvae like these two and usually positioned towards the outside of the brood nest, surrounding the worker cells. You can spot them immediately by the elongated raised sides and the larger diameter (6mm across compared to 5mm for workers) to take the much fatter drones. The size of the cell is what determines whether the Queen fertilises the egg as she lays it to give a worker or not to give a drone. This quirk of social insect reproduction means that workers are related 50% to the queen and drones 100%. The consequences of this system (haplodiploidy) are complex but are the basis of the usual explanation of the extreme altruism in social insects and the worker sterility - I can explain if anyone is interested :-)
I know it sounds mad, but i`ve never been able to get a photo of a bee who is relatively in focus, so i`m well chuffed!
Honestly never been so scared in my life, try getting up close and personal with bees, only using a 50mm 1.8 lol!
Anyway, ALL the bees were on a lavender plant, great for them, not so for me haha
There are many Bees in the UK that do not live in hives nor do they live in great colonies armed with stings that could cripple. These bees dont carry a sting and live a lonely life. A solitary life in a hole in the ground. One such is the Leaf Cutter Bee which builds its nest from bits of leaf. The underside is orange and are usually seen flying with bits of leaf in their jaws.