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Busy Bee
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Matthew Test (mrt5003)
![Silver Note Writer [C: 9 W: 0 N: 20]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/n-n-s.gif) (76) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-07-15 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: canon s3 is |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-09-10 11:56 |
| Viewed: 234 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is an image of a honey bee collecting pollen in a state park in Pennsylvania. Honey bees represent a small fraction of the 20,000 known bee species in the world. Honey bees are distinguished by their production of honey as well as the construction of colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees have important roles in the natural world, as well as important roles for humans. Honey bees are extremely important pollinators, spreading pollen from one flower to another as they collect pollen.
Honey bees are very social animals, with some hives containing more than 20,000 bees. Each bee belongs to one of the following three casts: queen, drone, or worker. There is only one queen per hive, which lays up to 1,500 eggs per day and can live up to 8 years. The drones live for about eight weeks, live at the hive, and have the sole purpose of mating with the queen. The workers are all sterile females. The young workers live at the hive and are responsible for hive construction, and the older workers are field workers, foraging outside the hive for nectar, pollen, water, and other plant resins used in hive construction. |
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- tuslaw
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 502 W: 20 N: 1381]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
(4831) - [2009-09-10 18:48]
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Super shot Matthew,
I like the sharp detail and low POV. Nicely composed with just the right amount of exposure. TFS. Great notes!!
The only suggestion I have is that the colors might be saturated just a tad too much. It is especially noticeable in the grass, which has a lime green appearance.
Ron
