Wednesday 13 June 2012

Wings on Wednesday - Bumble Bee

While I was cutting the grass this morning I noticed this bumble bee resting on the lawn. Earlier on the Sun had been shining but by this time it had clouded over and the temperature had dropped. I guess the bee was waiting for the Sun to shine again or having to generate the temperature needed to get its flight muscles working - somewhere around 30C.

Bumblebee

It stayed in the same place for about half an hour before flying off.

10 comments:

  1. Well spotted John; and a good job you did.

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    1. There is still some longer grass where I cut round it!

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  2. Great close ups of the bee biding its time!

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    1. Ideal subjects when they are resting Glo. Wish all insects were so easy to approach.

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  3. He is SO beautiful John! Glad you gave him some time to warm up!

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    1. There are so few about Maree. They need all the help we can give them.

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  4. Some great pics John and lovely to see the variety of bees out at the moment despite all the warnings of v. mite! Wish the weather would cheer up a bit!

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    1. Thank you Miranda. They do deem to be in short supply here at the moment. I think hot weather early in the year brought some out too early.

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  5. Great captures John, beautifully sharp!

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  6. Thank you Jan. The TZ7 usually does a great job with macro shots.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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