Bumble bee at Enchanted Forest Park

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WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY – ENCHANTED FOREST PARK, FL

This photograph of a Bumble bee on a blade of grass was taken at Enchanted Forest Park located in North Miami, Florida. The camera gear used was a Nikon D90 body with a Nikkor 60mm 2.8 lens and a Tamron 2x teleconverter.

A bumblebee (also spelled as bumble bee) is any member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae. There are over 250 known species, existing primarily in the Northern Hemisphere although they are common in New Zealand and Tasmania.

Bumblebees are social insects that are characterized by black and yellow body hairs, often in bands. However, some species have orange or red on their bodies, or may be entirely black.  Another obvious (but not unique) characteristic is the soft nature of the hair (long, branched setae), called pile, that covers their entire body, making them appear and feel fuzzy. They are best distinguished from similarly large, fuzzy bees by the form of the female hind leg, which is modified to form a corbicula: a shiny concave surface that is bare, but surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen (in similar bees, the hind leg is completely hairy, and pollen grains are wedged into the hairs for transport).

Like their relatives the honey bees, bumblebees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young.

Bumblebees generally visit flowers exhibiting the bee pollination syndrome. They can visit patches of flowers up to 1–2 kilometers from their colony. Bumblebees will also tend to visit the same patches of flowers every day, as long as nectar and pollen continue to be available, a habit known as pollinator or flower constancy. While foraging, bumblebees can reach ground speeds of up to 15 meters per second (54 km/h).

 

 

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    8. BobbyS

      Fantastic photo!

    9. Janice

      Lovely photo

    10. Henry.T

      Stunning photography

    11. Ray1966

      Super cool pix.

    12. Stephen.Gold

      Fantastic pictures!

    13. Anna Soriota

      Beautiful photo Alan

    14. Isobel

      Looks strange seeing a bumblebee in such detail.They come indoors here by mistake I think, quite often. Then get stuck and can’t find their way out. I find it quite funny because they’re so dignified, not like worker bees. I get an envelope put it down right next to them, they step on to it and sit there quite happily while I carry them back outdoors and they fly off. As if the just hailed a taxi. Clever of them because they can work out difference between being attacked and being helped.

    15. Alan S. Hochman

      I know what you mean! A friend taught me how to let honeybees land on the palm of my hand and not bite! I’ve had up to a dozen land on my hand. The problem was getting them off! lol

    16. Henry R

      Superb photo Alan

    17. Joseph Alsarraf

      Why is it purple?

    18. Alan S. Hochman

      Probably had something to do with the light and polarizing filter that was used.

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