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A mining bee

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Posted by David Taylor on August 8, 2007 at 5:07 PM
A mining bee
There are lots of these foraging on Tansy (Tanecetum vulgare) at the moment on the bank of the brook at the bottom of our Close.
I think it is Colletes daviesanus a solitary mining bee.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50mm macro lens
F/8.0
ISO 100
hand held
natural light
RAW adjustment SPP3
Resizedand cropped in PS Elements 5

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on August 8, 2007 at 5:38 PM
Hi David. Great capture with all that pollen ll over. The head seems a bit softer than the rest of the Bee. I assume that's a DOF issue? :toast:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on August 8, 2007 at 6:14 PM
Hi David

That's an amazing amount of pollen on one small bee! The colours are superb.

Mark :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 8, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Hi David,
Thats one busy Bee , very nice colours but looks a little soft on my monitor.

Kind regards
Andy... :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on August 9, 2007 at 3:54 AM
Hi David

Nice one - love the colour co-ordinated fur coat :wink:

David :toast:
Posted by Helge Sorensen on August 9, 2007 at 8:34 AM
The pollen makes it :toast: :toast: