Focus Stacked Image of Honeybee with Pollen
Apr 19, 2023 18:16:42 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, Rick. It's all part of Mother Nature's plan and she has a lot of them. I only collect insects that are invasive or considered to be destructive pests. I do not collect bees for they are highly beneficial. The worker bees literally work themselves to death serving the hive which is how I find the poor little things.
Yeah, wouldn't it be great, being a 'Worker Bee" living in a Communist State (HIVE)!!
But I guess it's OK for the Bees! 
What a fantastic photograph!!!
Apr 19, 2023 18:30:58 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Thanks, Curmudgeon. The hairs of the honeybee are... (show quote)
Yep! And the same thing happens with all of us. From humans to insects to plants to...any biological, sexually reproducing entity!! Charles Darwin figured it out 150 years ago!
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dwmoar
Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley
sippyjug104 wrote:
The honeybees are making themselves shown and they are hard at work gathering pollen. This is a honeybee that I found expired last year which I suspect worked itself to death and I keep it preserved in a pill bottle with a mothball.
I staged it for a focus stacking session at 5X magnification to show the individual grains of pollen attached to its specialized hairs.
I staged it for a focus stacking session at 5X magnification to show the individual grains of pollen attached to its specialized hairs.
Wow, that is just incredible.... What a fantastic shot.
Apr 20, 2023 09:40:49 #
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dwmoar wrote:
Wow, that is just incredible.... What a fantastic shot.
Thanks for the reply, Dwmoar.
Apr 20, 2023 10:45:02 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
sippyjug104 wrote:
The honeybees are making themselves shown and they are hard at work gathering pollen. This is a honeybee that I found expired last year which I suspect worked itself to death and I keep it preserved in a pill bottle with a mothball.
I staged it for a focus stacking session at 5X magnification to show the individual grains of pollen attached to its specialized hairs.
I staged it for a focus stacking session at 5X magnification to show the individual grains of pollen attached to its specialized hairs.
Fantastic detail. Really nice work.
Apr 20, 2023 10:49:46 #
ed3
Loc: Belton, MO
I should have made a comment about this bee's eye yesterday. It shows phenomenal details, that we would normally miss especially the pollen grains. But also, the fact that bees as we as other insects have far more hair than we observe. Keep up the great documentation that you share with us; greatly appreciated. The one that amazed me even more was the feather on the leg brush for the praying Manti's eye, a while back.
Apr 20, 2023 11:04:18 #
Wow...that is amazing. I always wondered what they looked like close up like that.
Apr 20, 2023 11:29:05 #
Ballard wrote:
Fantastic detail. Really nice work.
Ballard, thanks for stopping by.
Apr 20, 2023 11:30:08 #
CindyHouk wrote:
Wow...that is amazing. I always wondered what they looked like close up like that.
Thanks, Cindy. I enjoy seeing some of the common things around me in new and different ways and sharing them with others here.
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