Tagged With "Bee-keeping"

Some amazing photos here, Still Country Photo! I never realized how hairy bees were, but I can count the hairs on your extremely detailed pictures! Where were these photos taken?

Just wonderful! Would you mind sharing some technical information with us? Maybe what camera and lens you used, for instance?

Sure PortMoresby, the two cameras I use are a Pentax K10D dSLR with a Pentax DA 55-300 mm f4-5.8 lens and the other is a Panasonic Lumix TS2. The Lumix takes macro pictures like nothing else I have used, I am learning to get better at taking macro with my K10D but am still not as good yet as I am with the Lumix. DrF, the honey bee (the one with no hair) was taken in the lovely flower gardens at Lake Louise, Alberta and the bumble bees were taken on a trip to the Bowden Corn and Sunflower...

Thanks SCP. I'm still a medium format B&W film photographer in my heart but cannot deny the lure of digital in many ways, and it's come so far I may ultimately succumb completely. I appreciate the willingness to share information.

Beautiful photo's. I too have not looked so closely at the bees until these photos. Sparks a whole new interest in them. Jean

Nice pictures Still County Photo. Sounds like I need to go to that "Bowden Corn and Sunflower Maze" one day! Thanks for shareing.

Which seems like a lot of trouble for thieves to go through, when simple snips will cut the lock...if you don't feel like cutting into the suitcase with a box-cutter. I'very always viewed suitcase locks as a device to keep the zipper from opening accidentally during handling, and once I discovered that European security people didn't have or use the keys (they clipped the locks), I went back to using twist ties or cable ties. Much cheaper, work well.

I assume locks on suitcase are like locks on our doors, as someone installing one at my house once said, to "keep honest people out". Or maybe just slowing down the dishonest ones, although not by much, I'm sure, in either case. A better plan might be to have nothing of value to such people where they can take it. The highest probability of theft from our bags seems to be from the baggage handlers. I wonder how they choose bags to go through? Maybe by size, the smaller the bag, the less...

I've always viewed locks as a deterrent, not as a security vault. Something to make it difficult for the baggage handler who'd like to snoop through my bag from doing so without inconvenience and making it obvious that it had been done. I never check in anything valuable. Those things always come with me in my carry-on bag, which I also keep locked.

Beautiful photos Kirsten!!

Bee-eaters are amazing birds. I've never seen more than one or two around, so it must be quite a treat to be at the edge of a migration of them! And they fly so quickly -- amazed you were able to get that last photo framed as well as you did. Thanks for sharing these.

Thanks, Marilyn!

It was pretty amazing... a bit dizzying actually to try and keep up with all of them!

Some of nature's busiest workers, in a field of clover....

The TSA requires any lock on luggage to be branded as “travel sentry approved”, so they search the bag without breaking the lock. Those master keys for the TSA to get into the bags have been closely guarded by...

Samantha takes us along on a candy factory tour, and leaves us with our mouths watering for some of the treats!

    Does this picture make anyone else want to gently reach out with a finger and give him a little pet?  I wanted to but a childhood memory of being stung on the end of my index finger helped me to resist the temptation.    I...

The Grand Beedapest Hotel caters to Britain's honeybees, raising public awareness of their critical role in agriculture.

We return to the UAE, where Kirsten Hines catches the first European bee-eaters to arrive on their migratory journey.

Gumbo was visiting the unusual and interesting bee-keeping museum in Slovenia, which helps preserve the history and traditions of bee-keeping.

Unusual museum, but very interesting and possibly the only one of its kind maintaining the local folk art as well.

DrFumblefinger was unsure why these hives in rural Manitoba had upside down pails on top. He later learned why.