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I don’t remember ever seeing a throwdown for bees. As a gardener, I love seeing lots of bee activity in my yard. Until I started photographing them I didn’t realize how many different kinds of bees there are! I will kick off with a couple of shots from this summer:
Raining Pollen (bee on the corn tassel)
In the Pumpkin Flower (I learned that the squash bee, seen here, is a specialized bee that mostly visits cucurbits – squash, pumpkins, gourds, etc.)
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LeanneC – great shots, cool idea for throwdown, now if i wasn’t afraid of bees… 🙂 actually i end up getting all kinds of bees and wasps just because i catch them in the flowers i like.
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Beautiful shots Leanne. Don’t know why this reply ended up down here.
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Awesome photos David! Love the variety. Do you get many bumblebees where you are? We have seen some monster ones this summer – they sound like a small helicopter and fly a bit like a blimp. I have yet to capture one in a shot though! Usually I am dodging to get out of their way.
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We don’t get them at all in Brisbane Leanne. This was taken in Tasmania where there are heaps of them. We get teddy bear bees and blue banded bees. Have seen teddy bears but not managed to photograph one yet. Will try harder. Will find a blue banded bee pic and post also.
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Beautiful! It is always cool to capture a bee flying – and not easy!
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These bees are about the size of a grain of rice. They are stingless, but man they can give you an evil look! Their honey is quite astringent.
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This flower looks totally bewitching!
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Class shot mate.
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That is a creepy looking critter Robert! Is it dead?
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I’ll blame Robert for opening the door. 🙂
Not a bee but a fly. A carnivorous fly. At least I THINK it’s a fly. Kind of hard to see but this fly is eating another insect. I spent some time looking but could not find what type of fly this is.
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Leafcutter bee on a Coreopsis. They carry pollen on their abdomen instead of their legs like honey bees do.
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Great detail Dave!
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That is really interesting Dave. Looks like it has a fair bit of pollen.
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Small bee with white pollen
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I recently made a trek up a mountain in Revelstoke, B.C. The temperature drop as we went higher was quite marked and when we explored a trail close the summit we were greeted by beautiful meadows and loads of ‘sleeping’ bumble bees. Every other flower had a bee at rest. I had to look it up and discovered that if the temperature drops the bees will simple nestle in to a flower, as it can be several degrees warmer than the air temperature. It was a little eerie seeing so many bees so still in one place.
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Bee on dandelion …
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Another oldie…
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Can I just say that I am flabbergasted at how many different types of bees there are out there. Who knew?
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Well I’ve already posted one fly pic in Leanne’s Bee Throw down. One more can’t hurt. This is a Green Bottle Fly. I like the metallic coloring of these guys. Wish my truck was this color. No more fly pics Leanne. I promise.
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Cool shot Dave, I think that Green Bottles make good photos as their colouring is so metallic and bright!
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Wow! Are they on geraniums, Dave? I didn’t realize they had so much pollen to “offer” That is a great double bee shot.
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These bees are living it up on a Malva Zebrina. According to the tag that came with the plant it’s a perennial Mallow. I don’t know any more than that except that every pollinator in the garden loves it. If you like pollen it’s been THE place to be the last couple of weeks.
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Another bee visiting the corn tassels. Although they aren’t necessary for corn pollination, they sure enjoy the pollen! This gal’s pollen baskets are full!
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Wonderful! I want to reach out and pet its fuzzy body.
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More noise than I’d like but bumble bees in flight are proving difficult for me to capture.
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Focus is soft but this is the only decent bee shot I’ve managed to get with one flying facing me, Dave. They sure look awkward!
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It’s not an easy shot to get. As your shot here shows many times there’s a branch or flower petal or something in the way preventing a clear shot. They almost never give you a clue they’re about to take off. They rarely rise straight up when they take off. Combining narrow aperture for decent DOF and shutter speed needed to stop movement requires high ISO resulting in more noise. And on and on. All that said you captured a pretty good shot of a bee flying toward you. 🙂
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Bee on Basil.
I THINK this a bee “bee”cause of the hair. But not sure. I searched but could not identify it.
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This one has me baffled too, Dave! It is certainly an unusual looking bee with some “waspish” characteristics! Great image. Maybe someone else will be able to identify it for us.
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Bumblebee at Rest
This one was resting on a sunflower in our back yard. Love the fuzzy body with the two bands of orange. Sounds like a small aircraft when flying!
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I’ve never seen one of these, the green is very bright, cool shot Dave!
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Great shot! I love the colours. I got my first sweat bee sting this summer when swimming outside. I attempted to rescue one from the pool and was rewarded with a sting! I have a shot of one similar to this that I will try and dig out.
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Honey bee keeping her distance from a bald-faced hornet.
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Bee on Michaelmas daisy, not sure what sort….
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Bee mimic, I had to look it up, it’s a Great Pied Hoverfly…
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Not a bee, but a hoverfly (I think) …
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Before shooting macro, I would have taken for granted that these were also bees. You sure start to notice the little differences. I see a lot of mimics in our garden too. Nice shots. Are they on some kind of salvia?
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I found my shots of a sweat bee. They seem to like pink flowers…maybe they know how great they look on them!
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And here is one more from the summer. The honeybees seemed to get stuck in the tassels when collecting pollen from the corn. They would dangle for a bit before moving on to the next one.
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We’ve had a pretty good frost the last two mornings. Bee season coming to an end.
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Gorgeous shot, Dave! One of my favourite subjects on a favourite fall flower! I love the shadow of the wing on the flower petal. We have had a couple of light frosts but we still have some fairly active bees despite the cooler weather. Soon it will all end. But we will have our photos to enjoy through the cold, winter months.
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Allows Edits? YesYou would not believe how many really terrible shots of bees I have taken over the last few weeks so I can add something to this thread. 🙁
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Don’t give up, Rob! You are the northern hemisphere’s hope to keep this thread going for us for the next several months 😉
Seriously, many of my shots are duds with insects. I sometimes shoot in burst mode and will get several shots and one will be alright. Another strategy is to watch which flowers that they hang around on longer. You will catch them yet!
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Bee on a Jasmine Flower.
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Probably my last of the season (with the exception of pruning through some of my pics from the past summer):
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Hard for me to quit cold turkey so here’s one from last year re-edited for a fresh look.
Edit. I just noticed this one looks kind of familiar. 🙂
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Bee on Goldenrod
The cooler weather is slowing the pollinators down so it’s easier to get a picture before they buzz away.
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Nice shot Preston! I love how it is perched on the end of the flowers. I imagine them springing up when the bee flies away. They do get quite sluggish as it cools. I think ours are all resting for the winter now. Thanks for sharing your image.
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