European Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:15 pm

At least that's what I assume it is, pretty sure it's a honey bee and as far as I know we only have this species, please let me know if that's wrong!

I found this one acting very lethargic on the lawn the other day so didn't feel too bad freezing her...

Stack of 33 images with Olympus 38mm/f2.8 lens, at f4.0

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:38 pm

The eyes look too big, the hairs too abundant/coarse and the mandibles, from what I can see, are not the naked chisels of the honeybee. I believe something similar was posted a week or two ago.

Harold

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:53 am

An Excellent stack laurie. Great job on a very hairy subject.

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:56 pm

Almost seems like a blend of natural and man made materials - the eye and the band behind it look like something off a speaker dome, funky

Andrew