A Female Worker Bee On The Job...
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I'm totally consumed by the abundance of life in the yard right now. Countless insect pollinators of every shape, size, and description, are working over the tens of thousands of flowers now in bloom here, and yesterday, I counted 26 species of birds visiting our tiny piece of paradise.
The lovely Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) posing for me, a female worker, was photographed this morning as she collected pollen from a Prickly Poppy.
Note the bulging pollen sacs on her hind legs.
Canon S2 IS on Manual setting, Super-Macro mode, f/2.7 at 1/1000th of a second, no attachments.
Labels: flowers, insects, native plant garden, nature, photography, pollinators
posted by Jim at 11:17 AM
9 Comments:
Nice photo and thanks for pointing out the pollen sacks! Learned something new today!
That's a particularly beautiful photograph of the worker honey bee. Her eyes are huge, and her pollen sacs are getting full. Life is good for her in the summertime.
How lovely! I do so love close-up photos of honeybees with their dark, almond-shaped eyes.
Honey bees are my favoite.
nice pictures! I didn't notice the bicycle wheel behind the poppy till you mentioned it.
That is a beauty!!! Need to say nothing more I guess : )
The petals are so white and crisp, they look like taffeta.
Go to http://manilerim.blogspot.com/2006/06/99-100.html and see the answer : )
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