Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Black-and-Gold Bumble Bee and Carpenter Bee
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:55:47 -0500
 
After the rain stopped, I took a different camera and lens to the Rose 
of Sharon bush and observed the bees. Though they never pose, I'm 
convinced that the one I have been seeing is a Black-and-Gold Bumble Bee.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210821-P8210407-Enhanced.JPG.html

For comparison, I also captured a more common? Carpenter Bee.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210821-P8210371-Enhanced.JPG.html

Olympus X-E1 with Olympus ED 50mm Macro lens, burst mode

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] IMG: Black-and-Gold Bumble Bee and Carpenter Bee)
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