Solitary bee by iaacf
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Description
Most people think of the social bees, swarms of honey bees, or gangs of bumblebees when they think of bees. In fact the vast majority of bees are solitary, living out their lives as single bees, provisioning single nest cells, rather than working with many other bees to raise huge numbers of offspring in shared nests.
I took this photo today in my garden. I have a small nesting site there especially made for this kind of bees. I think they are quite interesting and believe me or not.. I have never been stinged.
Comments (12)
Lledeline
Great macro
jcv2
As long as you are no threat to them they won't sting you usually.... Fantastic to capture them so closely!
soulofharmony
perfect pov.. and very interesting angle of shot.. even bee's know who love them... hugsss stunning work :)
tizjezzme
Look at him looking at you. Makes me rethink swatting them to death ... I shot a closeup of a big spider crawling in my livingroom .. when I loaded it on my computer, I couldn't believe it; but it had eyes and they were looking up at me. Full of expression and everything; I couldn't squash him.
WandM
Window with a view ;) Lovely!
sossy
what a cool capture! outstanding macro in fantastic sunlight! excellent and impressive composed and detailed scene! ;o)
chantal-france
Hello Oskar :) I didn't know that most of bees where living alone :)) It's so kind of you having built these small houses for them :)) Great idea :)) And beautiful shot!!!
Enmos
Gorgeous shot here, and your so right about them not stinging !! Most people are afraid of them as a kind of reflex, but as long as your dont bother them (and you REALLY have to bother them lol) they wont sting. In fact they die if they sting you.... Superb work here !! :o)
b2amphot
Very interesting, I too was unaware of bee solitude. A super capture.
Haeberle
Social bees, honey bees, bumble bees, solitary bees.....but you forgot about the wannabees ( a most annoying species) :-p Cool shot !
iaacf
Hehehehe.. haeberle..
Bonker
This looks way to big to be this close to...