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Honeymoon


Honeymoon
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Copyright: Lenka Gondova (lgfoto) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 194 W: 13 N: 279] (1536)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-22
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-01-13 19:13
Viewed: 724
Points: 8
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Last spring was full of great smell, blooming flowers and buzzing insects of all kind. I hope the coming spring will be at least so beautifull.

Thanks to Tanja (sily) I do already know the name: Carpenter bee.

Something found to that:
Readily identified by its color, this handsome solitary bee flies in summer and autumn and again in spring, after hibernation. It is about 25 mm (approx. 1 in) long, glossy black all over, with sparse black hairs. The opaque wings are dark brown with a lilac-coloured sheen. Despite its fast flight and fearsome appearance, it is not aggressive and rarely stings.

Carpenter bees usually attack fairly solid wood (e.g. dead unrotted trees and tree-stumps, felled timber, fence posts, etc.). They sometimes tunnel into the timbers and beams of houses, barns and other buildings, and may cause considerable structural damage if left unchecked. Each bee excavates a large nest-tunnel, often over 30 cm (12 in) long, divided off into a number of separate cells by partitions of chewed wood chips. Each cell is stocked with a mass of nectar and pollen on which the female lays an egg. Like other solitary bees, when nesting is finished the female bee leaves her eggs and grubs to develop on their own, through to the next generation of adults.


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Nice happy insects. Pretty shot to is winter. Interesting motive. TFS. Stefan

Bonsoir Lenka
Très belle photo de cette cette belle lune de miel sur cette fleur. Beaux détails et l'arrière plan
neutre met l'ensemble en valeur.
Salutationset merci...JP

Hello again Lenka,
these are my favourites, they are carpenter bees also known as xylocopa violacea, they have very interesting life, copy/paste this into browser and you can see
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Europe/Serbia/photo49538.htm

bonjour lenka
l'exposition est bonne ,la netteté egalement et mêmme sur les abeilles alors qu'une des deux est en vol.
BG bien flou.bravo.
laurent

A very nice shot I like the DOF good background nice sharp flying bee well focussed well done Lenka TFS rgds Necip.

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