honeybee on dandelion {explored} - a photo on Flickriver

            I am keen to get pictures of honeybees on named flowers this year. Some of my honeybee macro pictures have been used on a poster for the Ulster Beekeepers Association for their stand at the Balmoral show next week. Thinking ahead, I'd like to have a library of bee macro pictures to use for stuff like this. 

My focus over the weekend was to further this plan. I have lots of bees (This is not always a given for this time of year) and all of a sudden there is lots of stuff in flower. So it ought to be simple!

Number one on my list for the weekend was pear blossom. I have 2 pear trees in profuse flower, less than 10 meters from the bee hives. I spent hours this weekend stalking the unattended flowers - the bees are avoiding them completely! Previous years I watched bee after bee on the pear flowers but didn’t think to photograph them.    

Whilst waiting in vain I took these pictures at the base of one of the pear trees on dandelion.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / Northern Ireland / Kilmore (show map)

Taken on: May 6, 2013

Tags:

honey bee

Honey

flower

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Taraxacum

officinale

Apis mellifera

apis

mellifera

Raynox DCR250

macro

officionale

Taraxacum officionale « less

Sets appears in: • {explored} • black bee example pictures more » • My personal favourites • honey bees on named flowers • Honey bee (Apis mellifera) « less

Groups appears in: • Bees and Beekeeping (honeybees only) • Mo`s Foto-Garten more » • Macro! Closeup Shots! • BBC Springwatch (Official) • NATURAL BEAUTY PHOTOS • flickr (unofficial) • in explore • WONDERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN GENERAL.MARAVILLAS DE LA FOTOGRAFIA EN « less

Camera: Nikon D3100, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 55mm (=82mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3100
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	55mm (35mm equivalent: 82mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Windows
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