The Bumblebee by three_grrr

Photography • Insects • posted on Apr 27, 2010

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I'm flipping coins to decide which to upload, fractals or photos .. the photos won out this time! So another montage. I included some honeybees, just so you could see how big the Bumblebee queen is in comparison to the the worker honeybee! I've just learned a bit about Bumblebees. Briefly, only the queen survives the winter. In the spring, she begins to search for a nesting site, once she finds it, shd then starts to build up a small supply of honey. She lays her eggs, nurtures them through the larval stage, and when they are old enough to be workers, she begins to lay more eggs, relying now on the workers to keep the hive clean, to care for the eggs and larvae and keep the hive supplied with food. We just came back the Hollow Saturday, another beautiful five days of sunshine and hiking, sunshine and working, and sunshine and picture taking! Life is good!! Many thanks to all of you who stopped look at the previous posting, and left such wonderful comments. I'm thrilled that so many of enjoyed the wildflowers at the Hollow. Thank you all for the faves and the support you have given me, even when I haven't had time to stop at your galleries and support you.

Comments (40)

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kleinhoon

1:34PM | Wed, 28 April 2010

Wonderful collage of the bumblebee! Fantastic in full view..!!

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Annco

7:29PM | Wed, 28 April 2010

Very nice work

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Minda

8:53PM | Wed, 28 April 2010

excellent collage and beautiful capture Rita..and great to see you...HUGS*

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neoexcello

4:36AM | Thu, 29 April 2010

Wonderful montage. The one middle-right deserves to be enlarged into a wall-hanger. It's a perfect shot. Love the way you can see her fuzzy yellow cape on her back. Like someone said above, you could work these photos into fractals as well....bee in a fractal flower??

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efron_241

5:23AM | Thu, 29 April 2010

good photo work and it makes you realise winter was again defeated super

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DreamersWish

5:18PM | Thu, 29 April 2010

I do not know much about bees, but I always thought since we had more of the bigger bees than the smaller ones that they were two different species of bees. The ones around here have some might big heads. Thanks for the information! Fabulous set of images. I love the action shots and the beautiful flowers. Well done!

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