I think it’s the flower that matters -- some flowers keep bees busy for a while, like hollyhocks or poppies or sunflowers, while dandelions keep them only for a moment before they flit off.
rqsays
Giliell
I have it on good authority that Latvian bees are not slower, and they would like you to cooommme heerrrree aaannnnd zeeeeeee ffoooorrr yourrrrzzeeeellllfffff.
Actually, it was just one of those bee-days -- sunny and windless, plus the poppies were out in full force in the rose garden, so they had a lot of incentive to stick around and be busy. Plus they’re the neighbour’s bees, it’s not like they’re in a hurry to be anywhere else. :) In the third photo (the crowd shot!) there’s six of them in the one poppy: so there’s lots to keep them busy.
blfsays
I’ve been trying to catch a been on camera
(1) Glue. (2) On camera? Consider on flower. (3) Above suggestions also work for bees as well as beens, albeit with bees, you can use a stale snail.
Ice Swimmersays
The last is my favourite. The macro picture show just how hairy honey bees are, having a fur vest on the thorax and those hairs around the eyes.
Ice Swimmersays
A been is a tired German bee speaking English?
Ice Swimmersays
(Bee is Biene in German, so “been” is about halfway between the English and German word.)
rqsays
The macro picture show just how hairy honey bees are, having a fur vest on the thorax and those hairs around the eyes.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
Gorgeous!
I’ve been trying to catch a been on camera all summer but no such luck. Maybe Latvian bees are slower?
Caine says
I think it’s the flower that matters -- some flowers keep bees busy for a while, like hollyhocks or poppies or sunflowers, while dandelions keep them only for a moment before they flit off.
rq says
Giliell
I have it on good authority that Latvian bees are not slower, and they would like you to cooommme heerrrree aaannnnd zeeeeeee ffoooorrr yourrrrzzeeeellllfffff.
Actually, it was just one of those bee-days -- sunny and windless, plus the poppies were out in full force in the rose garden, so they had a lot of incentive to stick around and be busy. Plus they’re the neighbour’s bees, it’s not like they’re in a hurry to be anywhere else. :) In the third photo (the crowd shot!) there’s six of them in the one poppy: so there’s lots to keep them busy.
blf says
(1) Glue.
(2) On camera? Consider on flower.
(3) Above suggestions also work for bees as well as beens, albeit with bees, you can use a stale snail.
Ice Swimmer says
The last is my favourite. The macro picture show just how hairy honey bees are, having a fur vest on the thorax and those hairs around the eyes.
Ice Swimmer says
A been is a tired German bee speaking English?
Ice Swimmer says
(Bee is Biene in German, so “been” is about halfway between the English and German word.)
rq says
They’re cuddly!
Lofty says
Been there done that.