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Same miner bee I shot previously. I found it still sitting on a sunchair in the evening and as it was going to rain overnight, I got it walk onto a flower and bought it inside- put some honey sugar drops on the petals and left it under an upturned clear plasic bowl. However the next morning it was still sitting in the same place and was dead.
Focus stacked using zerene stacker
These flowers produce copious nectar and attract bees, thus the name. Indians boiled the strong leaves for food and as a stomachache remedy.
Bee feeding on plants at the National Rhododendron Gardens, Olinda, Victoria.
Taken using a Lensbaby 2.0 lens.
Sadly there seesm to be far fewer bees aound this year so it was a pleasure to try and take this insects photograph as it rested briefly on a nettle leaf to absorb some sunshine.
Trying to catalog all species of bees (native and non-native) at any one location for a full year has proven to be a challenge. Running bee bowls and netting takes time but it is nothing compared to the time spent in trying to identify the captured bees. The Halictid Bee (Halictus ligatus). Mt. Pleasant (Howard County Conservancy), Maryland.
The Bee Fly (Bombylius major) is often seen around the spring flowers in my area. Its larvae are ectoparasites on the larvae of early spring ground-nesting bees. Middel Patuxent Environmental Area, Maryland
For the week 12 challenge, this is my interpretation of fear. Fortunately beezilla, godzilla, and mothra prefer Tokyo but as you can see I did once have a run it with bee-zilla. I actually do fear getting stung on the head while riding my bike - enough so that I have almost lost control more than once while trying to remove a buzzing insect from my helmet 79/365