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This little Honey Bee was enjoying an afternoon meal as I was wanting to shoot some more Violets. Aside from the EXIF data, I used a +2 Diopter filter on this shot to get as close as possible.If you enjoyed viewing this, please leave a
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This is a wonderful close up photo of a honey bee - our bees are out and about too now - the colony is getting very big - I was watching the hive this morning and there are many, many bees going in and out now - making the most of the Spring flowers - and the Spring honey is the best I have ever had in my life - so clear, pale and sweet x
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Yes - we are losing them too - problems all over the world with them - the scientists have just been given millions to try to suss it out - without them we will be in some trouble although the bumble bee is a good pollinator too - I am trying a revert back in size method to see if it will do anything to save them.
Man always makes things bigger and works on the assumption that bigger is better. Not so with the honeybee especially - with the bigger size bee which forms through using preformed bigger wax cells it means they stay in the cells longer and it gives the varroa mite more chance to deform their wings. Deformed wings of course means they cant fly and therefore cant go out and do what bees do.
So I am using no preform wax after talking to some USA bee keepers on the Internet - letting them revert back to the smaller size "normal" bee who doesnt take so long to reach maturity by making their own cell size - it will take time but I am keen to see what will happen and if it will make a difference x
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That does sound intelligent to me!
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That's where bumble bees are so clever - they are all different sizes in one nest and they can go into every flower cos the the different lengths of their tongues - but of course they dont store the honey or over winter their nests a the honey bees do.
I have a huge colony of honey bees now - I will have to treat for varroa until they hopefully revert back in size which will take a few generations - it will be interesting to see if I can get anywhere nearer a solution than chemicals - cos I think the chemicals are as bad on some animals as the disease - also beekeepers rob them too much too and then feed them sugar water which I do believe weakens their resistance to disease and parasites - sorry I get on my soap box over the bee problems! LOl x
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Don't be sorry... I find it very interesting. I have really no desire to keep bees myself, but I am a gardener, and I should learn as much as I can about them.
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It's funny how every year we "see" different things in nature - when we started keeping bees I really started to really see the insects and what was going on with them and it is fascinating! I discovered single bees and all sorts of weird and wonderful things in the garden - and it is important that we learn, isnt it x
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If you look in my gallery under insects, you'll see some of the types of bees we have.
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That is a lovely insect gallery you have there - I loved them!
Honey and bumble bees are not aggressive if we leave them be - I have only been stung about 5 times in all the years of keeping them and those stings were because of me not suiting up properly at times of manipulation in the autumn when they are very protective of their supplies.
The worst thing you can do with a bee if it flies into you is swat it away - they come back like boomerangs and get you!
But really all they are interested in is doing their work and looking after the colony as a whole - some of us could learn a lot from them.
It has been nice to chat to you about this xx
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Yes... I suggest to photographers, just to calmly "back up" if they start acting aggressive. It seems that if they don't like where you are, they will make one or two little motions at you, and if you back off about 4 or 5 feet they go right back to their work. If one lands on me, I just shake it off, then move from their space.
I've never been stung while shooting them... but that's far less invasive than harvesting honey!
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Nice photo
if you want to take a look on my page sometime
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It's how I do things... I go to my Activity Messages and visit the folks who drop
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This reminds me of when my brother and I used to let bees land on our hands 
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I just mentioned to someone else, that if you talk to them and don't do anything to make them think they are in danger, they won't sting you.
Thanks so much! I have a few other's of ground bees in my gallery, also.
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I'll be sure to look for them
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Bees are such amazing things up close.
It's depressing they are slowly disappearing.
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Well, they are in some areas, and not so much in others. [link]
But in either case they shouldn't be killed. This is why I don't use pesticides that are harmful to bees in my garden.
Thanks so much!
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Thanks for the link, I'm leaving in a minute so I can't
read, but will once I get the chance later. It sad that people
are killing them. Sure they sting people and it hurts. But
that is only emergency situations, and they run most the time.
Peaceful creatures that make the world more beautiful with flowers
should be left alone.
You're welcome too
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eep bees scare me i got stun on my knee once and that hurt bad! but anyways great shot!
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Only once?!
Talk to them and let them know you are not afraid of them and you wish them no harm. They won't sting you unless they feel threatened.
Thanks!
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