Some bees from the weekend

garytgaryt Registered Users Posts: 335 Major grins
edited May 12, 2008 in Holy Macro
Some bee shots from this weekend in the garden.


A Golden Bumble bee just hanging on in the early morning cool air.

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Augochlora Green Sweat bee

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ID Unknown on this one. Possibly a burrowing bee or a minor bee.

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Gary
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2008
    garyt wrote:
    Some bee shots from this weekend in the garden.

    A Golden Bumble bee just hanging on in the early morning cool air.

    Augochlora Green Sweat bee

    ID Unknown on this one. Possibly a burrowing bee or a minor bee.

    Really nice shots as I find bees are not the best to shoot.
    Regards
    Bob
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2008
    LOvely series :)
    Last bee is Nomada cuckoo bee - they lay their eggs in miner bee nests.

    Brian V.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2008
    garyt wrote:
    Some bee shots from this weekend in the garden.


    A Golden Bumble bee just hanging on in the early morning cool air.
    Augochlora Green Sweat bee
    ID Unknown on this one. Possibly a burrowing bee or a minor bee.

    Nice work Gary, I like the second and third shots.
    The flowers are such a pretty colour in those shots too thumb.gif

    ... Skippy :D
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