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Taken straight into the strong sunlight, it's made the flowers very translucent
A bumble bee (also spelled as bumblebee) is any member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae. There are over 250 known species, existing primarily in the Northern Hemisphere although they are common in New Zealand and Tasmania.
Bumble bees are social insects that are characterised by black and yellow body hairs, often in bands. However, some species have orange or red on their bodies, or may be entirely black. Another obvious (but not unique) characteristic is the soft nature of the hair (long, branched setae), called pile, that covers their entire body, making them appear and feel fuzzy. They are best distinguished from similarly large, fuzzy bees by the form of the female hind leg, which is modified to form a corbicula: a shiny concave surface that is bare, but surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen (in similar bees, the hind leg is completely hairy, and pollen grains are wedged into the hairs for transport).
Like their relatives the honey bees, bumble bees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young.
One common, yet incorrect, assumption is that the buzzing sound of bees is caused by the beating of their wings. The sound is actually the result of the bee vibrating its flight muscles, and this can be achieved while the muscles are decoupled from the wings—a feature known in bees but not other insects. This is especially pronounced in bumblebees, as they must warm up their bodies considerably to get airborne at low ambient temperatures. Bumble bees have been known to reach an internal thoracic temperature of 30 °C (86 °F) using this method. - Wikipedia.
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The Crowned Hornbill in the Natural Encounters exhibit at the Houston Zoo
By far one of the coolest looking birds at the Zoo. imo
6 North Winooski, Burlington, Vermont USA • 9th Anniversary Concert Day for the radiobean.com/index.htm of photos documenting my new home & neighborhood, in the heart of Vermont's largest town: Burlington 05401. • After almost a dozen years in rural Cornwall, 40 miles to the south, I have moved to one of the true outposts of optimism, on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain.
Meet Buzz, Buzz spend his first eight years on the race track and now has found a home as the first horse in my daughters start-up adaptive riding program. Buzz found his way to my daughter through ReRun a program dedicated to finding homes for Thoroughbreds off the track that also offers volunteer opportunities to at-risk youth. My daughter is very excited about Buzz and starting her own program here at home after spending many years on the West Coast working in adaptive riding programs and developing a program in Turkey for the Turkish Riding Federation.
As always thank you in advance for comments and favs they are greatly appreciated.
Buzz Aldrin, speaking at the London Literary Festival at the RFH.
Not a great photo technically, but then the announcement said "no photos"; then everyone started using flashes and I thought I might as well take a shot or two. This was pretty much framed, then shot. I think the square crop suits it.
The talk? Short, but interesting, and well-moderated by Andrew Smith.
This light extension on the Radio antenna is one of Belle's favorite perches. It is also apparently their most popular mating perch. NOte the difference in size and belly bands, and Buzz's dark head and throat with Belle's obvious white throat.
Today my daughter had a party, so us boys were left home alone.
We managed to tackle a racing car LEGO Technics model and built a kit that has a buzz wire and probe for you to try and make it to the end without it buzzing....
Although my daughter thought this was boring on her return and has quite annoyingly been trying to play a tune on it all afternoon...
Got a chance to meet Buzz Aldrin at Chaucer's Books. The man walked on the freakin' moon, yo.
Photo by Nik Blaskovich
for strobist a single sb28 on the left set at 1/4 and shot through an umbrella fired by an ebay slave.
Our Daily Challenge -- Dreaming.
The new Canon EOS-M was announced today. It's Canon's first mirrorless system camera, and it looks like it is basically a Rebel in a smaller body. A lot of Canon enthusiasts seem to be sorely disappointed. It isn't competition for the higher end mirrorless cameras from Fuji and Sony. It is closer to Nikon's cute little 1, except that it doesn't come in pink. One review I read said it is targeted at "latte moms" rather than prosumers.
Nevertheless, I think Buzz secretly wants it. I think he even dreams of having a camera small enough to fit in my purse with him that comes with an adapter that makes it fully compatible with existing Canon EF lenses.
Of course, Buzz's camera wish list is pretty long and definitely steeper than his budget. A new purse camera might have to wait. We still need to be able to pay for lattes, after all.
I took these closeups of a fly I found buzzing in my kitchen. I had to use an old sodium lamp to light it as it was too dark, and I didnt have time to set up a tripod - so I grabbed my only free lamp and made the best of what I could from it. The white balance was totally screwy (inventive uni students know what I mean) but when compensated for it actually gave a really cool effect. I plan to reshoot, now that I see the quality I can get.
About two weeks ago, we moved 242 live bee hives and about as many empty hives from fort myers, fl to bristol, fl. We utilized our 1979 kenworth k100c, affectionately known as 'brutus', to boogie north in the wee hours of the morning so our cargo wouldn't fly away. Only got stung once in the process...