Honey Bee by whtknight

Photography • Insects • posted on Apr 04, 2009

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Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis. Currently, there are only seven recognized species of honey bee with a total of 44 subspecies (Engel, 1999) though historically, anywhere from six to eleven species have been recognized. Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees. Some other types of related bees produce and store honey, but only members of the genus Apis are true honey bees. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thanks for viewing and all past comments, have a good day!

Comments (10)

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spudm25

12:00AM | Sun, 05 April 2009

What a wonderful macro shot.

whaleman

1:23AM | Sun, 05 April 2009

Wow, I never achieved that depth of field in any of my honeybee shots (and there have been many) so I can really appreciate this capture! I sold my D70 after taking 50,000 photos and moved up to a D300, so you have set the bar quite high but I'll try to get there this summer as your shot is very inspiring! May I ask if you were using either a monopod or a tripod?

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