Ladies & gentlemen, the queen bee...

AlexWild

All shots taken with a Canon EOS 7D, 100mm f2.8 macro lens, and an off-camera flash in a white box.

The queen was removed from a small, failing colony prior to combining the remaining bees with a stronger hive.

www.alexanderwild.com

paddler4

the second and third are particularly interesting

BeardedChick

Nice set. :-)

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures - don't think I've seen a closeup shot of a honey bee queen before !
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

congrats

well done, did a bee keeper get her out for you?

phil