Tuesday, February 24, 2009

How tiny are they?







Compared to a regular sized honey bee, pretty darn tiny! This fellow was collecting pollen, whilst his Mates were drinking nectar. He let me get very, very close, but I needed to get a little closer for better clarity.

However, each time I advanced he flew off the the next flower. Oh well, try again another time, eh?

Macro lens experiment, December 30th.

6 comments:

sandy said...

That bottom pic is cool! I must try the macro thing again sometime, I haven't for so long...

Melanie said...

you must have such patience. I tried capturing a shot of a strange bee we have and I just couldnt catch him. Well done. He is different to my darting about little bee. Guess mine will still be a mystery for a bit.

BetteJo said...

What kind of bee is he? She? It?

kj said...

WOW! this is a knight, armor included. nice work ms. lavender,..

Bhavesh Chhatbar said...

A great photograph!! Are you really 106?

My Budgies of the fictional town of Budgewoi said...

i luv macro. great pix.
Bud.