Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

 

A Honey Bee, (Apis mellifera), snapped just as it was landing on a Clover flower.

1/200 - f/8 - ISO100 - macro

Stingless Bee

 

A tiny Australian native stingless Bee, (Austroplebeia australis), collecting pollen from a rose flower.

1/200 - f/9 - ISO200 - diffused flash - reversed 55mm

Bumble Trap

 

A common house spider, (Badumna insignis), has trapped a European bumble bee, (Bombus terrestris), in it's web formed on the leaf of a rose bush.

1/200 - f/11 - ISO100

Fully Loaded

 

This honey Bee has been busy collecting pollen as indicated by the orange coloured buldges on it's rear legs.

1/500 - f/14 - ISO800 - +4 closeup filter

The Honey Bee and The Mint Flower

 

Photographing bees around the garden is a favourite past time. This European honey bee, (Apis mellifera), is collecting pollen from the flower head of mint.

1/800 - f/6.3 - ISO200 - +4 closeup filter