Home Page
   Articles
       links
About Us    
Traders        
Recipes            
Latest Articles
Beautiful Bee Portraits

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Downsizer Forum Index -> The Apiary
Author 
 Message
bagpuss



Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge
PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 14 3:23 pm    Post subject: Beautiful Bee Portraits Reply with quote
    

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/140114-bee-native-macro-photography-insects-science/#.U-4jl_ldW9X

BahamaMama



Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Away with the fairies
PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 14 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Great pictures and some of the colours are surprising!

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 14 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Brilliant photos, but not sure they are as photogenic close too. The colours of some bees are interesting. We see a lot of different patterns on bumble bees in the woods, but all ours are combinations of yellow, white, brown and black of course.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45374
Location: yes
PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 14 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

nice snaps but im not sure i want to meet a bee the size of a german shepherd

Tavascarow



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall
PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 14 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Beautiful.

Barefoot Andrew
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century
PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 14 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
nice snaps but im not sure i want to meet a bee the size of a german shepherd


Ooh, 1950s Bee movie
A.

Tavascarow



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall
PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 14 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Extreme honey harvesting looks a whole lot scarier than a giant bee to me.
Nepalese honey gatherers by Eric Tournerey.
His other photos are outstanding too.

Barefoot Andrew
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century
PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 14 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Blimey
A.

Mistress Rose



Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15539

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 14 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That link is very impressive Tavascarow. I wonder if the reason there are fewer bees is because they have been destroying the comb. I am surprised that by now they haven't started wearing at least some sort of veil, but perhaps it is all tied in with their culture. Having done some research into 17th century beekeeping it seems in the UK we didn't use veils, but they did on the continent. So a thing for soft foreigners no doubt at the time.

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Downsizer Forum Index -> The Apiary All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1
View Latest Posts View Latest Posts

 

Archive
Powered by php-BB © 2001, 2005 php-BB Group
Style by marsjupiter.com, released under GNU (GNU/GPL) license.
Copyright © 2004 marsjupiter.com