Very Busy Bee!

[deetheturk]

This little guy was a handful to shoot, they never stop for any length of time so 99% of his images went into the bin what brought him to my attention was the amount of pollen on his legs every flower he landed on bent double with the amount he was carrying! C&C Welcome.





Cheers David

[Texas Dave]

Wow! He's loaded down and doing his job well!

Another great capture David.

This one made me realize, it's a good thing bees don't get allergies. Look at it's nose!

[Geoff F]

I just wonder about a 90 degree rotation?

Going by the wing veins it looks like a honey bee to me.

[deetheturk]

Thank's Dave, I have never thought about that, a Bee with hay fever

[deetheturk]

Cheers Geoff, I kinda like it this way as it showed, to me anyway, how the weight of him pulled the flower over

But as I'm here to please, and after I had a look at the rotation, and thought maybe you were right, here it is, with a tad off the L/H/S





Cheers David

[Texas Dave]

I prefer the new rotation as well as the increased detail captured in highlights of the pedals.

[deetheturk]

Thanks mate, don't you just hate it when someone else, (Geoff) is right!

[Shadowman]

Nice captures.

[Texas Dave]

Thanks mate, don't you just hate it when someone else, (Geoff) is right!

There's quite a few members on here like Geoff, that when they speak, I'm all ears!

[deetheturk]

Cheers John

[Wavelength]

Superb clarity.... really awesome; what is that orange skin like growth?

[deetheturk]

That's what makes it such a good forum Dave!

[deetheturk]

Cheers bud, that's the pollen it collects from the flowers

[Wavelength]

How pastes it the body? smearing with any fluid?

[deetheturk]

If you look at the flower you can see its tongue, it collects the pollen this way and I think the pollen is sticky anyway, then sticks it to its legs Our Geoff will know if I am wrong

[bnnrcn]

Super image David , I too prefer the rotated version

[deetheturk]

Thank you Binnur, yes I tend to agree!

[purplehaze]

Another great shot, David, of which I have not seen the like before. Maybe they hand out performance-related bonuses at his hive.

[Stagecoach]

Superb David, I liked the original but preferring the edit due to the enhancement of the pollen stuck to the bee.

We still have a total lack of critters here and having got the macro bug yesterday after a search around the place found nothing.

Cheers, Grahame

[Barbara Ponder]

Awesome shot!