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Published: 2012-07-11 06:06:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3736; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 0
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Way too hot, and the critters were way too active, for me to chase them. So I brought a honeybee to me
Tech Specs: Canon 1D Mark III (F13, 1/250, ISO 200) + a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens (@ 2x) with an 81A warming filter + a diffused MT-24EX.
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This is amazing!
I freak out when there's even a fly in the room, but this...
This is just soΒ brave!
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Thanks
Actually pretty easy once they get use to me.
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The bee looks so fluffy here!!
When it was feeding the honey from your finger, could you feel its little proboscis?Β
Every time I've seeing a bee feeding in your gallery I imagine a 'lum lum' licking noise XD
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Sometimes I can feel it -almost like a tiny kitten licking my finger.
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That's so cute!
I don't know all that much about Bees but it appears that these ones at least don't have stingers? Or I guess you are just so great working with them that they never feel threatened?
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The bee in that image is a female worker bee, and she does have a stinger. But I'm not doing anything threatening, so she's not going to sting me. I guess it really depends on how aggressive the insect is.
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Have you ever been stung in the quest of photographing bees?
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Twice, during the same photo session (was shooting honeybees on their comb).
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Eeks! I've never been stung but it sounds like it hurts!!
I was harvesting our lavender today and there were two bees trying to get at the blooms that still remained. One landed in the bunch I was holding and I was all 'hey there little guy, sorry for confusing you!' and I thought about your photos of the bees.Β
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you, my friend, have some serious guts. if a bee landed on my finger, i would freak out!Β
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I actually enticed it to land on my finger. Some bees are very "cold" and they had figured out that I was the one that had the honey, so working with them wasn't too bad.Β
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This is an excellent picture! You had the right idea with the honey ^^
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That little guy is so cute! I love bees and when they land on me they never sting. I've also hand fed them and held them. They're so soft and it really tickles when they decide to lick under your finger nails. As long as your gentle with them and respect them they'll be gentle back.
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Hi, you've been featured in the #devPREMIUM 's Weekly Macro Spotlight Vol. 23 . Best regards!!
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Amazing. I can't stop looking at your finger print. It looks like a sand dune. So neat.
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Woooo! i'm really afraid to bees, this is a great picture. You're brave xP
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Fine line between brave and stupid...
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jaja, but is a great picture ; D
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I'm jealous! I spent hours yesterday chasing bees, but never got the picture I was looking for.
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Very common -happens to me all the time.
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very nice . . I always enjoy your POV and technique
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Wow. Just wow. I really like this but EW! I would freak out if a bee landed on me.
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What if I told you that it was feeding and I coxed it into climbing onto my finger?
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Then I would say you are crazy! Gah, I have the shivers just thinking about that.
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The little dot on its.... Um, forehead.
Is that an eye?
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It's a light sensor, and there are three of them in a triangular pattern (the other two are hidden by the hair and the angle). When a predator casts a shadow over the bee the bee can tell what direction the predator is coming from and try to move out of the way. Many insects have those sensors, and I've just recently learned that if I rock back and forth while trying to get close to them I stand a better chance, since they are hard wired to ignore the motion of trees and grass that are being moved by the wind.
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Wow, a light sensor. I thought that only my camera has such thing 
Thanks for the interesting information, a little smarter again
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Oh wow, that's fascinating!
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