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Very pleased to find that I have a Tawny Mining Bee nest in the lawn. One of my favourite bees!
Tawny Mining Bee by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Tawny Mining Bee by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Ed_P said:
Very pleased to find that I have a Tawny Mining Bee nest in the lawn. One of my favourite bees!
Tawny Mining Bee by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Superb!Tawny Mining Bee by Ed Phillips 01, on FlickrEd_P said:
Very pleased to find that I have a Tawny Mining Bee nest in the lawn. One of my favourite bees!
Tawny Mining Bee by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Tawny Mining Bee by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
I wish I had more bees in my garden. I even bought a house thing for wild bees I heard was good but it's not had a single occupant. Do you do anything specifically to attract them?Just a quick one from yesterday afternoon:
RobbieKB said:
I wish I had more bees in my garden. I even bought a house thing for wild bees I heard was good but it's not had a single occupant. Do you do anything specifically to attract them?Just a quick one from yesterday afternoon:
That's a female Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) you have there. They often nest in old walls. It's said that they are particularly attracted to pulmonaria flowers.
Edited by Ed_P on Monday 13th April 20:48
While we're on a bee theme; here's another from the garden today:
Mining Bee on Grape Hyacinth Flowers by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Mining Bee on Grape Hyacinth Flowers by Ed Phillips 01, on FlickrEd_P said:
The best way to attract bees is to provide flowers that they particularly like. There's lots of sources of information on the best species to plant. Bee-hotels are good for attracting Red Mason Bees (and a couple of other species). They need drilled holes or canes about 7mm diameter and the structure should preferably be placed in an unobstructed, sunny position between 1-2 metres from the ground. It might take a few years for the bees to "find" it. Last year, my bee-hotel had virtually all the holes utilised.
That's a female Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) you have there. They often nest in old walls. It's said that they are particularly attracted to pulmonaria flowers.
Very interesting, thanks Ed! What's your setup by the way? MP-E + twin flash?That's a female Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) you have there. They often nest in old walls. It's said that they are particularly attracted to pulmonaria flowers.
Edited by Ed_P on Monday 13th April 20:48
Ed_P said:
While we're on a bee theme; here's another from the garden today:
Mining Bee on Grape Hyacinth Flowers by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
That is gorgeous, how are you getting the depth of field there ? is it stacked ? Just doesn't "look" like f11 to me ! Mining Bee on Grape Hyacinth Flowers by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
A few from today:-
Hoverfly on a Dandelion by ddarno, on Flickr
Hoverfly on a Dandelion by ddarno, on Flickr
Hoverfly on a Blue Bell by ddarno, on Flickr
Bee by ddarno, on Flickr
Bee on a Blue Bell by ddarno, on Flickr
Hoverfly on a Dandelion by ddarno, on Flickr
Hoverfly on a Dandelion by ddarno, on Flickr
Hoverfly on a Blue Bell by ddarno, on Flickr
Bee by ddarno, on Flickr
Bee on a Blue Bell by ddarno, on Flickr
ExPat2B said:
That is gorgeous, how are you getting the depth of field there ? is it stacked ? Just doesn't "look" like f11 to me !
I do regularly use focus-stacking (Zerene Stacker) and sometimes "blend" images in PSE. I think this one was "as shot". This is a very small bee though (about half honeybee size). This might affect the perception of DoF.Large Bee-fly feeding from a grape hyacinth flower. The best in-flight shot I've managed with one of these (or anything else come to that). But there; I've must have taken hundreds!
Large Bee-fly - Bombylius major by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Large Bee-fly - Bombylius major by Ed Phillips 01, on FlickrEd_P said:
Large Bee-fly feeding from a grape hyacinth flower. The best in-flight shot I've managed with one of these (or anything else come to that). But there; I've must have taken hundreds!
Large Bee-fly - Bombylius major by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr
Large Bee-fly - Bombylius major by Ed Phillips 01, on FlickrAny MPE user will know how hard this must have been!
First Damselfly of this year
Large Red Damselfly by ddarno, on Flickr
Blue Bottle Fly by ddarno, on Flickr
Shield Bug by ddarno, on Flickr
Large Red Damselfly by ddarno, on Flickr
Blue Bottle Fly by ddarno, on Flickr
Shield Bug by ddarno, on Flickr
Not up to the standard of a lot of the photo's on here, but still learning the way round my Pentax K3 and macro..
jumping spider by jonbawden50, on Flickr
taken with extension tubes and reversed 50mm f1.7
jumping spider by jonbawden50, on Flickrtaken with extension tubes and reversed 50mm f1.7
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