"Chumelo" bee. by netot
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This is a very nice bee specie. They have no stinger and the worst that can happen if you approach a nest of them, is that they get tangled in your hair. Also produce a very good honey that is used as a folk medicine.
The flower I have no idea what it's called, but it is very small. My wife has many of them in our garden, so that the "Chumelos" comes every day for breakfast. I took this picture today with my Canon Powershot A-800. Oh, you can pronounce the name shoe-mel (As in Melbourne)-oh .A few months ago I uploaded one of these bees flying towards my camera.
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Thaks you very much for all your kindly comments to my previous works.
Comments (14)
Very nice shot Neto, and I like the idea of bees without stingers! Perhaps they can use that genetic trait to change mosquitos!
very nice capture, great moment.
A very difficult capture. Outstanding. No stinger? Send some of them North.
Wonderful colors and fantastic DOF. Excellent shot!
WOW... Marvelous flower and great capture
Nice shot of this bee in mid air like that awesome stuff.
lovely work
Excellent macrophoto in full action !
Fantastic capture of this fine worker.
superb macro and beautiful flower
Great capture. Nicely done
A spectacular in flight capture Neto. Love the information too.
This is a fine composition. There is a fine leading line of flower stems from left to right leading right to the bee which is at a perfect thirds intersecting point. A shallow depth of field ensures the bee is the focus of attention. Just enough wing blur to see both motion and form. And thank you for sharing the story of the stingless bee. I wonder what selection pressure brought this about?
Wow, just at the good moment !