Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It just means the bee community has spread the word about the quality of your pollen that even alien bees come to visit. On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 2:02 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > By noon, the Rose of Sharon blooms were about half closed, but a few > bees were still working. I caught this large black bee departing a > partially closed bloom. As I looked at the image on my computer screen, > I realized that the markings were unusual. It was not a Carpenter Bee, > our most common variety, but was thin-waisted and had two thin, fuzzy > yellow bands on the abdomen. Searches online were not helpful. I > assume it is some form of Bumble Bee, but the name eludes me. > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210818-P8180301-Enhanced.JPG.html > > X-E1 with 50-200 and monopod. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information