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Sunday 10 June 2012

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

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Sorry, I couldn't get the head in properly.


I can't stop playing them, oh well, nobody listens to them anyway, lol.

38 comments:

  1. Hello Bob

    That is something completely different, but this is also beautifully captured, you really are a class photographer.

    Regards, Joop

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  2. i just want to pet him with my fingertip! such softness and detail!

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  3. Wonderful creature, excellent capture.

    Well done, Bob :)

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  4. My family are big fans of the Derek Trucks Band. They have even seen him in concert, in Florida, numerous times. Real feel-good muscic...

    And that bumblebee is a busy-beauty!

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  5. Fantastic! Its hairs are in such a great clarity!!

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  6. Great shots Bob, I noticed lots of different species today, unfortunately I do not know what they are. Another mission needed.

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  7. Oh ja, schon sind die netten Feinschmecker da und holen sich ein Tröpfchen Honig...

    Servus und genieße den Tag
    CL

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  8. You're apologizing? Silly you! :) These are amazing!

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  9. Hi Bob....I think I counted on the hairs on his little body ; }
    Super-duper shots...: }}}}
    I like today's music ..get-down-boogie music...cool stuff!!!
    Grace

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  10. I think its the Eucera longicornis cuckoo bee. notice it has no pollen sacks. meaning it serves as a plant pollinator. great captures of it on the clover though .

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  11. bees love clovers too ! wonderful !

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  12. Splendid shots, Bob! So beautiful!

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  13. sorry...i am soooooo far behind...been kind of out of it lately! am slowly catching up though!

    i love this little fluffy bumblebee!! what beautiful shots!

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  14. OH and a very cool purple flower too!!

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  15. Klasse Bilder kann ich da nur sagen.

    Gruß
    Noke

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  16. Soooooooo beautiful. Fantastic to see the bee so close by. Never new he had so much hair. The fragile wings super shots Bob.

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  17. Śliczne są Twoje zdjęcia z bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Pozdrawiam.
    Your photos are beautiful with bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Yours.

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  18. Unas bellas tomas que muestran la grandeza de la naturaleza.
    Un abrazo

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  19. Great pictures you have left us happy thanks for your visit Sunday afternoon. greetings from  Creativity and imagination photos of Jose Ramon

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  20. Muy buenas Bob.. Bonitas imágenes, con bellos fondos y estupendas composiciones.. Felicidades!!!...

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  21. Amazing shots, Bob! Well done!

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  22. Just wonderful, Bob. Fabulous detail and color!

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  23. Glorious pics of the bumble bee !

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  24. No need to be sorry! These photos are wonderful Bob - what a pretty bee! My older daughters nickname is Biene, I call her so from childhood, even forgot now why! :-)

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  25. Wow Bob, fantastic macro images
    nice day!
    Crissi

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  26. A great change to see macro pics on your blog!
    This is a beautiful bumble bee, it's nice to see we've got the same in France!
    Truly well done, not that easy to manage!! :)
    Cheers Bob!

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  27. oh Bob,die sind aber niedlich-)))))
    die möchte ich am liebsten streicheln.Sehr schöne bilder hast du gemacht.Bravo noch mal!!
    lieben gruss
    Christa

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  28. The wings are captured beautifully. Exquisite pictures Bob!

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  29. What a coincidence, Bob. I am working on a blog about bees. But these pictures are so beautiful that it is almost impossible for me to do that as good as you did. Greetings, Joke

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  30. Wow!! Fantastic shots. I've never seen any better. Wonderful detail. I loved the music video as well.

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