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Bee Photography Thread

Started By ConcordAntman , Jun 14 2020 2:35 AM

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#181 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 14 2025 - 1:25 PM

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Today I found this huge Anthophora bee nesting site. There were hundreds of nests with bees coming in and out to stock their brood cells.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#182 Offline MyrmecologyMaven - Posted April 14 2025 - 4:17 PM

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A Tripartite Sweat Bee I came across on 4/6/25 while I was visiting some vineyards in San Luis Obispo. 

 

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#183 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted April 15 2025 - 7:09 AM

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A Tripartite Sweat Bee I came across on 4/6/25 while I was visiting some vineyards in San Luis Obispo. 

 

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I love sweat bees, used to make refuges for them when it rains, it actually worked!


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + maybe eggs                                                                       *New* 2x Camponotus nova, one has only larva

1x Crematogaster cerasi, All workers is ded   :facepalm:*extreme internal screaming*                        1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers + pupa

*New* 1x Temnothorax curvispinosus, 101 or something worker + 3 or 4 royal mom ants + pile of white ant worms

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams* -A.T (which is Me)

 

Sadly due to unforeseen consequences, I will soon be giving away my colonies (I will miss them though  :*( )

#184 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 17 2025 - 5:40 PM

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Osmia cornifrons exiting a new bee house I made a few weeks ago.
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#185 Offline L.H - Posted April 20 2025 - 12:44 PM

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Green sweat bee on rotten log
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#186 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 20 2025 - 4:16 PM

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Agapostemon bee. Nice shot!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#187 Offline L.H - Posted May 10 2025 - 7:22 PM

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Found this tiny bee flying around today.
No idea what it is but it looked cool so I took a picture. Maybe 5-6 millimeters.
I had more pictures but they were too blurry.
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#188 Offline L.H - Posted May 11 2025 - 5:29 PM

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Found a huge queen wasp today. I'm going to post on the id section to see what it was.
Also found a male carpenter bee.PXL_20250512_012357653.jpg
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#189 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted May 12 2025 - 4:33 AM

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The carpenter bee looks so cute in the crevice your hand is forming lol


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + maybe eggs                                                                       *New* 2x Camponotus nova, one has only larva

1x Crematogaster cerasi, All workers is ded   :facepalm:*extreme internal screaming*                        1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers + pupa

*New* 1x Temnothorax curvispinosus, 101 or something worker + 3 or 4 royal mom ants + pile of white ant worms

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams* -A.T (which is Me)

 

Sadly due to unforeseen consequences, I will soon be giving away my colonies (I will miss them though  :*( )

#190 Offline L.H - Posted May 12 2025 - 1:48 PM

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The carpenter bee looks so cute in the crevice your hand is forming lol


Yep, I had to hold it like that because it was going to fly away.
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#191 Offline IdioticMouse26 - Posted May 18 2025 - 11:48 PM

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Honeybee swarm in South Korea! It's my first time seeing one and I knew I had to run back home to grab my phone for some pictures! 

 

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They were swarming in a dry drainage ditch so I'm a little worried for them. Hopefully there won't be rain!

 

Also, they happened to swarm on an ant trail, so I could sometimes see them nipping at each other.


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Oh, so this is how the signature function works. Nice.

#192 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 21 2025 - 1:34 PM

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A cool Osmia bee on my Penstemon digitalis. These look like bumblebees until you give a closer look.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#193 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 25 2025 - 2:46 AM

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Fat Bombus bimaculatus feeding on Penstemon digitalis:
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#194 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 6 2025 - 3:04 AM

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The elusive Bombus fervidus:
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#195 Offline MyrmecologyMaven - Posted July 6 2025 - 11:27 AM

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While I was out camping I got some really nice shots of Apis mellifera.

 

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#196 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted July 7 2025 - 5:26 AM

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A cool Osmia bee on my Penstemon digitalis. These look like bumblebees until you give a closer look.
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This picture makes me imagine what happens when you cross a carpenter and with a bee...


Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + maybe eggs                                                                       *New* 2x Camponotus nova, one has only larva

1x Crematogaster cerasi, All workers is ded   :facepalm:*extreme internal screaming*                        1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers + pupa

*New* 1x Temnothorax curvispinosus, 101 or something worker + 3 or 4 royal mom ants + pile of white ant worms

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams* -A.T (which is Me)

 

Sadly due to unforeseen consequences, I will soon be giving away my colonies (I will miss them though  :*( )

#197 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 10 2025 - 2:15 AM

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A Melitoma bee on a morning glory blossom.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#198 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 23 2025 - 7:45 AM

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Invasive wool carder bee in full flight:
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#199 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted July 24 2025 - 6:45 AM

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Invasive wool carder bee in full flight:
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Even tough it's an invasive species, it's still a bee  ;)


Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers + maybe eggs                                                                       *New* 2x Camponotus nova, one has only larva

1x Crematogaster cerasi, All workers is ded   :facepalm:*extreme internal screaming*                        1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers + pupa

*New* 1x Temnothorax curvispinosus, 101 or something worker + 3 or 4 royal mom ants + pile of white ant worms

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams* -A.T (which is Me)

 

Sadly due to unforeseen consequences, I will soon be giving away my colonies (I will miss them though  :*( )

#200 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 7 2025 - 2:52 AM

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Another wool carder shot:
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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