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My Old Friends
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Copyright: Ram Thakur (ramthakur) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2968 W: 108 N: 7679] (24860)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D200, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO, 58mm UV
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-09 21:33
Viewed: 410
Points: 22
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Friends, many of you might recall my association with bees in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia when I was living there. They had built a little honey-comb on the fig tree in the small garden in our compound. I was scared of them in the beginning, but gradually we started getting bonded as I started getting nearer and nearer to them. A time came when we got so close I would blow on the honey-comb to disperse the little bees and have a closer look at the intricate structure of the comb. They would crawl over my hands and camera and sometimes over my face.
I posted numerous pictures of that honey-comb in 2006 and our association eneded when I saw them missing from the compound after my return from summer vacation.

Here in India, I have been in close contact with another colony of these small-sized bees. They have built a honey-comb on a mulberry tree on the park next to my school. Once a day, I go out to them and see how they are doing. One day they had a problem in their hands -- the comb had started melting away in the heat and they were trying frantically to put it together again, which they eventually did. I watched the show for half an hour!
Here is their honey-comb up in the tree. I cannot get closer to them so one day in May, I stood under the tree and took this picture, hand-held, from a distance of about one and a half meter.
About honey bees, everyone knows quite a lot, so I will skip the usual note on them.
Thanks for looking and expressing your opinion if you so wish.

PS: Unfortunately, I have lost exif data on this picture.
uleko, Jamesp, eng55, GLEM, albert, sranjan, mayuresh, jaycee, Silvio2006, eqshannon has marked this note useful
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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2458 W: 168 N: 7420] (23432)
  • [2008-07-09 22:38]

Hello Ram,
I couldn't make out from the thumbnail what this was but this is a splendid view of the pretty little Bees on the honey-comb. I remember well your similar post from Riyadh!
I hope it doesn't melt away for them again!
Thanks for showing this interesting image!
Best wishes, Ulla

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1251 W: 0 N: 4829] (14332)
  • [2008-07-09 23:38]

Hi Ram

A real TN posting, showing us something we do not see so often in northern climes (I remember many bee nests in India - notably at Fatepur Sikri, Akbar's Mausoleum ....) A great representatio of this busy scene.

James

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  • vral Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 59 W: 0 N: 159] (690)
  • [2008-07-10 0:21]

Hello Sir,

Bees colony at work, well captured with details,from a challenging POV. Color and composition are very good.
thanks for sharing.

vral

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 3 N: 376] (1127)
  • [2008-07-10 1:02]

Hi Ram,
Very busy place.Well caught and and composed.Excellent work!
Thanks for posting.

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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 524 W: 87 N: 693] (5739)
  • [2008-07-10 2:00]

hi Ram
ohoh une image rare mais aussi dangereuse. Bon coup d'oeil et sang froid pour un résultat remarquable.
tfs

gl

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 916 W: 4 N: 2277] (10628)
  • [2008-07-10 2:30]

Hello Sir, Nice to see them In India also. Good composition in natural lighting. Ganesh

Hello Ram,
Impressive bunch of bees!!!
Very good shot
TFS
Albert

Dear Ram Sir,
Your eyes are quite sharp in picking up these bees. A lovely composition and a msg to all "United we stand, devided we fall". TFS.
Regards-Subhash

Hello Ram sir,
very nice view of honey comb with great details,beautiful colours and composition,good lighting,
well done,
tfs

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1778 W: 8 N: 4597] (14871)
  • [2008-07-10 11:34]

Hi Ram,

I remember well your bees from Riyadh. So glad you found this honeycomb near your school. This is not a sight most of us get to see - or, if we do, are willing to get close to. Wonderful shot with superb colors and excellent details. I wonder how many are there so closely packed.

Jane

You could have just as well said "Binding with Bees" I suppose. Something that would catch my ear right off...ha! Very good..I see you twice in a row in my own fav's I wo9nder how that happened....so go and write!
Bob

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