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bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: cambridge

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 14 3:23 pm Post subject: Beautiful Bee Portraits
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/140114-bee-native-macro-photography-insects-science/#.U-4jl_ldW9X

BahamaMama

Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Away with the fairies

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 14 9:04 pm Post subject:
Great pictures and some of the colours are surprising!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 14 6:52 am Post subject:
Brilliant photos, but not sure they are as photogenic close too. The colours of some bees are interesting. We see a lot of different patterns on bumble bees in the woods, but all ours are combinations of yellow, white, brown and black of course.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 14 7:56 am Post subject:
nice snaps but im not sure i want to meet a bee the size of a german shepherd

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 14 10:04 am Post subject:
Beautiful.

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 14 10:44 am Post subject:

dpack wrote:

nice snaps but im not sure i want to meet a bee the size of a german shepherd

Ooh, 1950s Bee movie

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 14 10:10 am Post subject:
Extreme honey harvesting looks a whole lot scarier than a giant bee to me. Nepalese honey gatherers by Eric Tournerey. His other photos are outstanding too.

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 14 1:39 pm Post subject:
Blimey A.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 14 8:37 am Post subject:

That link is very impressive Tavascarow. I wonder if the reason there are fewer bees is because they have been destroying the comb. I am surprised that by now they haven't started wearing at least some sort of veil, but perhaps it is all tied in with their culture. Having done some research into 17th century beekeeping it seems in the UK we didn't use veils, but they did on the continent. So a thing for soft foreigners no doubt at the time.

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