Bee Love by bakapo

Photography • Insects • posted on Oct 16, 2015

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Description

the adult male has only one function in life - to mate. mating varies from 10 minutes to 80 minutes. the male mates only once in his lifetime and then he usually dies. the female can mate more than once, but most don't. this photo was taken about 3 weeks ago. thanks for looking and commenting!

Comments (24)

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giulband

11:25AM | Fri, 16 October 2015

WOW !! Superlative capture !!!!

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DennisReed

11:36AM | Fri, 16 October 2015

Wow!

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Jollyself

11:58AM | Fri, 16 October 2015

wow...that camera rocks...this shot is so cool

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Richardphotos

12:33PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

great find and capture. I have never seen bees mating

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CavalierLady

12:34PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

Great find and opportunity! I've never witnessed bees like this.

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KarenJ

1:00PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

Great shot! What kind of bees are these?

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jayfar

1:07PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

An instant favourite Barb and unique to capture bees 'misbeehiving'. I haven't seen this type of bee before either!

Superb shot.

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calico_jester

3:32PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

great capture and interesting information... assuming they are Bumblebees *

http://www.bumblebee.org/lifeMate.htm

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flavia49

5:51PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

wonderful

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eekdog

6:05PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

And big ones! Love your shot, Barb.

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soffy

7:44PM | Fri, 16 October 2015

So beautifully captured,amazing shot*****

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UteBigSmile

2:43AM | Sat, 17 October 2015

It's an amazing close-up capture dear Barb!

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claude19

10:42AM | Sat, 17 October 2015

outstanding capture ! More than excellent !!! congratulations !!!

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X-PaX

11:43AM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Very nice capture Barb. I've never seen bees like that.

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drifterlee

12:25PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Fantastic shot!!!!!!

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A_Sunbeam

12:51PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Great close-up!

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farmerC

12:51PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Exellent.

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Mulltipass

1:31PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Amazing Capture!!!!

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ia-du-lin

3:56PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

really cool shot

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LivingPixels

4:28PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Awesome Shot Barb thanx for this my friend!!

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Radar_rad-dude

4:41PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

Excellent macro photo! Superbly well done! Bravo and many fine kudos!

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Cyve

5:52PM | Sat, 17 October 2015

AMAZING and fabulous closeup my friend !!!

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anahata.c

6:55PM | Sat, 24 October 2015

you wrote that the female can mate more than once, but most don't. Given that the males die every time, I'd imagine the females would be feeling a weeeeeeee bit guilty about the whole thing! (Doesn't make for a major commitment...) But as a shot, it's wonderful: You got their entanglement just as it is, a big mass of bee-dom, all tangled around a branch. I didn't know they went at it as much as 80 minutes: I guess that would take care of the complaint about it being "too fast"! Your shot has the bees in perfect sync with the "v" of the branch, making it a big tangle; and the rest of the shot is airy and open: Just right. Wonderful capture, you had your eyes open well to capture this. And sweet balance between dark/intense hues and open light ones. (Barb, I'm starting out by doing just a couple of pieces in everyone's gallery...but I'll be back for more soon. This way I can easy my way into returning. And thank you for your always very receptive and perceptive comments on my art. I appreciate them all.)

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