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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Invertebrates

Honey bee!
Bradenton, FL
October 25, 2012
Canon 5D MkII

Nothing says facing your fear like getting six inches close to a buzzing insect with a stinger. But it seemed to be a friendly little fellow and didn't mind the giant lens in its face and just carried on with its breakfast.

Did you know?
There is only one queen per hive. The queen lives 2-3 years as appose to the 6-8 weeks like the workers. The queen is made, rather than born. Worker bees will feed larvae royal jelly for a certain period of time. The royal jelly is secreted through the heads of the worker bees and is fed through their antennas to the larvae. The royal jelly has so many vitamins and nutrients it will allow for the larvae to become queens. Since there can only be one queen per hive, the potential queen bees will fight to the death until there is one queen remaining.

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Critique by =divafica Nov 20, 2012, 11:23:34 AM

This is a great shot; you see an awful lot of shot of bees but it's rare that I come across one I like as much as I like this one.

You got the bee in a really good position, and, from the quality of your shot you can make out every detail except for the ones you've blurred out. I do feel the blur is nice and a good idea, but I would prefer if it was a bit more subtle, for the whole photo.

I love the colour scheme in this photo as well. There aren't too many but it isn't dominate by one colour which is good, and they compliment each other.

Great photo!

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Critique by *Crimsonpelt Oct 30, 2012, 1:55:42 PM

Personally, I'm not very fond of bees, and my daughter is worse than I am about them. She'd run off scared if she saw one, and has done that many times, even holding us back on getting out the door for an appointment because she doesn't want to get anywhere near a bee.

But overall, I think this guy looks pretty calm and collected, especially for having that huge lens pointed at him. The flowers make a great contrast for the bee's coloring, and I love how the focus of the shot includes some of the flowers, especially the ones around the bee, then fades to the blurry flowers and background.