Honey Bee Macro
by Debbie Portwood
Title
Honey Bee Macro
Artist
Debbie Portwood
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Honey bee working hard on a pink bloom. I love this macro because if you view his body on full resolution you will see his body is transparent and can faintly see his yellow organs. SO COOL! . Wonderful for any wall in your home or office, or perhaps a greeting card. Many more wonderful works can be found in my various galleries, from photographs and photoart to digital creations and abstracts. Thanks for browsing, commenting and most of all for any purchases. Debbie Portwood :D........................................Wikipecia The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera comes from Latin melli- "honey" and ferre "to bear"—hence the scientific name means "honey-bearing bee". The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus who, upon realizing the bees do not bear honey, but nectar, tried later to correct it to Apis mellifica ("honey-making bee") in a subsequent publication. However, according to the rules of synonymy in zoological nomenclature, the older name has precedence. As of October 28, 2006, the Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium fully sequenced and analyzed the genome of Apis mellifera..............Bees produce honey by collecting nectar, which is a clear liquid consisting of nearly 80% water, with complex sugars. The collecting bees store the nectar in a second stomach and return to the hive, where worker bees remove the nectar. The worker bees digest the raw nectar for about 30 minutes using enzymes to break up the complex sugars into simpler ones. Raw honey is then spread out in empty honeycomb cells to dry, which reduces the water content to less than 20%. When nectar is being processed, honey bees create a draft through the hive by fanning with their wings. Once dried, the cells of the honeycomb are sealed (capped) with wax to preserve the honey.............When a hive detects smoke, many bees become remarkably nonaggressive; this is speculated to be a defense mechanism. Wild colonies generally live in hollow trees, and when bees detect smoke, they are assumed to prepare to evacuate from a forest fire, carrying as much food reserve as they can. To do this, they will go to the nearest honey storage cells and gorge on honey. In this state, they are quite docile, since defense from predation is less important than saving as much food as possible.
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July 23rd, 2014
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Mary Machare
Back to promote this wonderful macro! I love how the bee is so shiny that it seems to be made of glass. LF P
Kimberlee Baxter
Debbie, what a great macro capture of a Honeybee drinking the nectar from this pink-red flower and pollinating it at the same time! Love it! Fave! L/F!
Deb Halloran
Hi Debbie, What a beautiful macro shot and your are right..this is awesome in full resolution. Nicely done. v/f
Carlin Blahnik
Love the work that bees do for our gardens and food supply! This is a wonderful macro capture as the bee loads up on pollen. Love your description pointing out the transparency and the organs :-) L/F
Mary Machare
Beautiful macro, Debbie. The light and the shine on the bee makes it look like glass. It IS cool on full resolution. LF Pin
Tony Clark
This is a great shot! Some of you photographers get way too close to bees for me though lol.