I’m always happy too see bumblebees in the fields and on the pathways I visit. I know their numbers are in decline but they seemed quite numerous last summer. In the past I tended to steer clear of bees but it’s been my experience that left undisturbed, they aren’t particularly aggressive. I think the colours of the flower set off the bee quite nicely.
June 28, 2016 at 2:03 pm
Beautiful shot 🙂
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June 28, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Thanks very much!
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June 28, 2016 at 2:21 pm
You are welcome 🙂
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April 11, 2016 at 8:11 am
I agree – a fantastic photo ! Did you shoot this with a macro lens?
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April 11, 2016 at 11:30 am
Thank you. I took this shot with my 70-200.
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April 11, 2016 at 11:33 am
Thanks :). It’s wonderful!!
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April 11, 2016 at 11:35 am
Thanks again!
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April 11, 2016 at 11:49 am
Sorry – I thought you were asking about the Redstart. I took the bee with my 105.
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April 11, 2016 at 12:07 pm
Oh thanks, Belinda! Is the 105 a macro lens? I’m always weighing the pros and cons of buying a macro lens – I’ve never owned one.
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April 11, 2016 at 12:21 pm
Yes it is. Its my first macro lens, and it’s working out well. It gives you enough space between you and the insect so that you’re close enough but not intrusive.
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April 11, 2016 at 12:26 pm
Thanks for the tip! Is it a Nikon? Canon? Sigma?
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April 11, 2016 at 1:27 pm
Sigma lens.
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April 9, 2016 at 10:36 pm
It’s a real good photograph! The contrasts created by the various colours enhance the fuzzy bee beautifully 🙂
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April 9, 2016 at 10:46 pm
Thanks very much!
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April 9, 2016 at 10:23 pm
Wow! Lovely shot.
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April 9, 2016 at 10:45 pm
Thank you.
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April 9, 2016 at 8:07 pm
Such clarity! Great photo, Belinda. Bees are not aggressive at all, they are happy to mind their business as long as they aren’t disturbed. A bee dies if it stings, as its barbed stinger lodges in the victim and then tears off its body. Ugh.
Hornets are the only ones that you have to watch out for, always ornery and can sting multiple times! Wasps are only aggressive when they are guarding nests in late summer.
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April 9, 2016 at 8:59 pm
Thanks Eliza! Useful info to keep in mind this summer.
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April 9, 2016 at 7:28 pm
Wow! This is so clear that I feel I might get stung. ;). Really lovely.
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April 9, 2016 at 7:49 pm
Thanks Laura! Happily it was a docile bee.
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April 9, 2016 at 8:01 pm
Thank goodness!
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April 9, 2016 at 5:43 pm
Very nice compliments to bring out the colors of the bee. I found. When I am weeding through plants that honeybees are collecting their pollen from I move into the plant very slow with out any quick movements and those little bees continue collecting without showing any aggression.
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April 9, 2016 at 6:39 pm
Thank you!
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April 9, 2016 at 4:33 pm
It is amazing.
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April 9, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Thank you.
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April 9, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Really beautiful
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April 9, 2016 at 2:16 pm
Thanks!
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April 9, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Beautiful sight, and well composed! I love seeing them too. Thankfully if I sit or stand in one spot making photos they go about their business ignoring me.
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April 9, 2016 at 2:15 pm
Thank you and that’s been my experience too.
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April 9, 2016 at 10:05 am
Gorgeous, what detail!
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April 9, 2016 at 10:10 am
Thank you.
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April 9, 2016 at 8:51 am
Gorgeous!
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April 9, 2016 at 10:01 am
Thank you Cindy.
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April 9, 2016 at 7:58 am
Very nice colours.
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April 9, 2016 at 8:04 am
Thank you.
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April 9, 2016 at 7:01 am
Very nice composition. I love bees.
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April 9, 2016 at 7:48 am
Thank you. I sure like to see them about.
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April 9, 2016 at 3:30 am
Lovely photography……
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April 9, 2016 at 7:42 am
Thank you!
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April 9, 2016 at 1:42 am
He looks really fuzzy. Nice clear photo. Lovely composition.
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April 9, 2016 at 7:41 am
Thanks so much.
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