Bumbly bees

Lord Vetinari

Some bumble bee shots. You can clearly see some mites on the first bee. Have dreadfull trouble with exposure on these guys not helped by the BGs

Brian V.

ritewinger

These are real good, as always from you. The third is my favourite. (Did I spell the last word correctly?):D

lispott

Wow Brian, those are amazing shots. Lisa

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Lisa and RW

RW well think that's how I would spell it - not sure how you do it in the US
Brian V.

GOLDENORFE

ver nice, actually spotted one yesterday! at last
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote:

ver nice, actually spotted one yesterday! at last
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Thanks Phil
Brian V.

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some bumble bee shots. You can clearly see some mites on the first bee. Have dreadfull trouble with exposure on these guys not helped by the BGs

Brian V.

Hey there Brian that's a really cool shot with the Mites attached
Do they just drop off in time, or do they kill the host?

I actually found a large Katydid inside the house the other day.
Had the door open for the cat to come in and out and noticed it up on the curtain track when I went to shut the door.

You think I could catch the dang thing
It was really late so I got the computer chair climbed on it (not a clever thing to do on my part) and caught it.

Took it out to the little shrub beside the deck and released it,
haven't seen it since dang it! so much for the photo op

Thanks for sharing your shots .... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

Skippy wrote:

Hey there Brian that's a really cool shot with the Mites attached
Do they just drop off in time, or do they kill the host?

I actually found a large Katydid inside the house the other day.
Had the door open for the cat to come in and out and noticed it up on the curtain track when I went to shut the door.

You think I could catch the dang thing
It was really late so I got the computer chair climbed on it (not a clever thing to do on my part) and caught it.

Took it out to the little shrub beside the deck and released it,
haven't seen it since dang it! so much for the photo op

Thanks for sharing your shots .... Skippy
.

Thanks Skippy,
Suspect the mites just shorten the life span of the bee.

With bugs in the house I normally catch them with a glass and piece of card and then wait a short while to see if the bug calms down. If it does you can often lift the glass and get a few shots before releasing it.
Brian V.

cdonovan

incredible...you should really get in touch with a local honey council. I've seen publications with pictures of bees, and lots of articles about mites, but none have had quite that quality of photo! I'm sure that someone somewhere would like to use it. It's incredible!!

Lord Vetinari

cdonovan wrote:

incredible...you should really get in touch with a local honey council. I've seen publications with pictures of bees, and lots of articles about mites, but none have had quite that quality of photo! I'm sure that someone somewhere would like to use it. It's incredible!!

Thanks for the comments

Wrong bee for honey producers to be interested
Brian V.

cdonovan

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments

Wrong bee for honey producers to be interested
Brian V.

Not necessarily, even though it's not a honey bee, most would be terribly interested to see these pictures.