Tag: Bee close-up

AUTUMN BEE: ALSTROEMERIA POLLEN IMMERSION

Published on by Rolling Harbour2 Comments

Small Bee on Alstroemeria, London 1 (Keith Salvesen)

This little bee spent several minutes deep inside this alstroemeria flower, and in the process getting an all-over pollen decoration. It stayed for so long that I decided to investigate. I didn’t have a camera handy, just my phone. In good light, results can be quite satisfactory (in low light or on so-called “zoom”, it’s terrible).

If anyone can ID this bee, please leave a comment.

Small Bee on Alstroemeria, London 2 (Keith Salvesen)

Small Bee on Alstroemeria, London 3 (Keith Salvesen) Small Bee on Alstroemeria, London 4 (Keith Salvesen) Small Bee on Alstroemeria, London 5 (Keith Salvesen)

FACE TO FACE WITH BEES: MORE AMAZING MACROS

Published on by Rolling Harbour2 Comments

Following up my last bee post, here are some more amazing macro shots of bees  from Sam Droege and the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab. This time, it’s up close and personal… 

Macro photograph of bee #11 Macro photograph of bee #13 Macro photograph of bee #14 Macro photograph of bee #6 Macro photograph of bee #9

This is in fact a jumping spider, but I just couldn’t leave it out…Macro photograph of spider All photographs: Sam Droege and the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab 

BEES IN FLIGHT: AMAZING MACROS

Published on by Rolling Harbour6 Comments

My general rule is to try to stick to posting my own photos, with occasional illustrative borrows. But rules are made to be broken, and sometimes images that are so astounding that they are irresistible are made available online. The Guardian website showed some bees from the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab that are compelling… here are a few ‘in flight’, from their massive reference library of bee species. If you hover over each image, you’ll get the ID and location of the bee.

A female Augochloropsis metallica bee, collected from a tomato plant in San Francisco. A female Halictus ligatus bee, from the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania A male Euglossa dilemma bee from Biscayne National Park A female Anthophora affabilis bee from Badlands National Park, South Dakota A female Andrena erythronii bee A female Eucera rosae bee from Queen Anne's County, Maryland A male Bombus bimaculatus bee from Wolf Trap National Park A Megachile fortis bee from Badlands National Park, South Dakota A female Centris species bee from the Dominican Republic

All photographs: Sam Droege and the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab