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Do not disturb!


Do not disturb!
Photo Information
Copyright: Lucas Aguilar (laguilar) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 54] (181)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-03-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Olympus Camedia C-765 UZ
Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-03-28 3:26
Viewed: 996
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
I believe that it is a solitary bee (mining bee) of the genre Andrena.

There are over 200 species of solitary bees found in Britain and, like the social bees (the bumblebees and the honeybee), they all feed on pollen and nectar and they are important pollinators of many garden flowers and commercial crops. Solitary bees have no 'workers' and each female builds only a small nest, which she stocks with a large quantity of pollen - enough to provide all the food needed by her future offspring. After laying her eggs, the female bee seals and abandons the nest and soon dies, leaving her offspring to develop on their own.

Many solitary bees nest in the ground and seal the nest with soil (these are commonly known as mining bees, e.g. species of Andrena). Others nest inside the hollow stems of plants or inside holes and crevices in brickwork, stone walls, dead trees, fence posts and other timber, sealing the nest with mud (mason bees, e.g. Osmia species) or pieces of freshly gathered leaves (leaf-cutter bees, e.g. species of Megachile). Leaf-cutter bees sometimes cause damage in the garden by cutting large, more or less circular holes in the leaves and petals of roses and other plants.
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  • Sneza Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 94 W: 30 N: 16] (672)
  • [2005-03-28 3:32]

What a beautiful macro.
I like sharpness and details. I can see pollen on legs.
Good composition and colours.
Well done.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-03-28 3:37]

Belle composition macro-photographique pour cette abeille avec de jolies couleurs. La gourmande est bien chargée en pollen...
Well done !

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  • pgmoni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 342 W: 95 N: 610] (2556)
  • [2005-03-28 14:25]

VEry nice picture. The subject is sharp, with a good pose. The petals are a little over-exposed, but nothing very bad there. For all we see behind that mass of pollen ;°) this could very well be Andrena sp. indeed.

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