Caplio R2
ƒ/5.9
5.6 mm
1/620
100

25 responses to “Tongue of Bee”

  1. WOW!! What a great macro!! He almost looks friendly. Wait, did I say that??

  2. All Aboard The Waspcopter

    Hey hop on board
    Waspcopterish
    Stroke his insect mane
    Go searching
    For syrup lands
    Down there

    LOOK !

    The sugar dish ….!

    (What a world it is when you are an inch tall )

  3. I see***********************
    Ricoh Caplio R2+
    a lot of talent***********
    and the result is
    AMAZEING!
    Greetings,
    Helena-Reet

    😛

  4. Well, thanks to you, I just bought one of these puppy off eBay. Looks like fun!

  5. Gaaaaah! How’d you get that close? Great macro!

  6. Stunning! Wonderful close macro of a bee!

  7. How cool! It looks like she’s slurping. Awesome catch!

  8. thanks y’all. Even a flicker poem au Rivière!

    redmann: I rescued the bee from the pool and noticed that they spend a fair bit of time preening and cleaning before flying off.

  9. Wonderful detail. It looks like the front and back part of the body aren’t connected.

  10. I Like the Title of the pic!

  11. That’s SHE bee! That’s a worker, a female.

  12. good point. reminds me of my tribute to Little Women….

    Little Women

    edit: Oh, now I see where this gender concern came from… I must have witnessed the strange behavior of an escaped DARPA bee, attracted to the AP of my rockets….

  13. Almost like he was posing for the camera.

    Great.

  14. Beautiful macro!!

    Seen in the QEMD "Finch" Group

  15. What an amazing macro, Steve. Excellent capture on your part.

    Seen in the QEMD "Finch" Group

  16. QEMD FinchQEMD FinchCONGRATULATIONS

    This photo was chosen as a fave in the "Best Viewed on Large" for the
    month of June 2007 – discussion thread, of the QEMD "Finch" group.

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/qemdfinch/discuss/72157600293568704/

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