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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.
Trying to identify bees in a region where we have over 400 varieties is a little tricky. I think this might be bombus flavifrons - a yellow headed bumblebee native to the area.
"It is not how busy you are, but why you are busy - the bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted." ~Author Unknown
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More commonly known as the Blue Banded Bee.
I like to call them Blue Bandit Bees.
An Australian Native Species
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This little bee was a bit damp from the rain, it spent a few minutes crawling over the grass, almost falling off a few times.
When the rain started up again I felt sorry for it and moved it to a sheltered spot, hopefully it managed to dry off.
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.
Can't afford a female model but this bee was kind enough to pose for me and I took my best set of Bee shots to date , it was the first time I used so many from a single shoot . I will add a few more later . Hope you like them too . Save the Bee's!
Ophrys apifera is known in Europe as the bee orchid, because the flowers mimic a female bee, both in scent and appearance.
I found this large Bumble bee crawling on our driveway, I think she's a Buff-tailed Bumble bee? I'm never afraid that these bees will sting, it's always a last resort defense. They seem to realise when we're attempting to help them. One of her legs looks twisted in the photo but I put her on the Senetti flowers behind & there was no sign of her a few minutes later so I hope she flew safely away HWW & HBW
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John Clare
To seek the brimming honey comb
Which bees so long were toiling home
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I had to pay it to pose so nice. View Larger On Black
There have been some years in recent times that we hardly ever saw a Honey Bee around. This is not one of those years. Lots this year. Which is good for the Praying Mantids.