I was walking out to the car when I noticed that the lavender in the garden by the driveway was buzzing with bees. I was amazed at how many were in amongst the blossoms. So I got my camera and close up lens and started photographing. I was as close as 6 inches to the bees but they didn't seem to be bothered by my presence, which was good. I didn't think I would be stung by them because I wasn't doing anything threatening. Well, I WAS six inches away, but they were busy. I shot 71 frames and they were moving so quickly that the majority of them were not in focus or the bee was flying away by the time I pressed the shutter release. I discovered that these bees are "Two-spotted bumble bees." And from Wikipedia "Bumble bees typically only sting when defending their nest or when captured. Bumble bees are different from honeybees. They do collect pollen, but they make very little honey from it. And they live in much smaller colonies.
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Beautiful close up photo!
Thank you! I when I was photographing the bumblees, they were pretty tiny in my viewfinder, but when I had the image on my computer, the file size was large enough that I could really crop in, and it is so much fun to see such a really close view of the bumblebee.
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