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ront
25th of October 2007 (Thu), 15:10
Early this summer a bunch of bees came and landed in our neighbors yard. A man that came to look at them said that there must have been a queen bee in the bunch. Here are some pictures I took. Nothing special really, but it was neat to watch.

Ron

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Bees/IMG_1462.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Bees/IMG_1505.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Bees/Picture707.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Bees/Picture215.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Bees/IMG_1611.jpg

Luckily, I only received one of these:).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Bees/Picture591.jpg
LordV
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 00:35
Lovely series- never seen a bee swarm
Brian V.
dreamline
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 03:36
Interesting shots.

There used to be a group of hives near a local footpath. Used to see at least one swarm a year, but never this close up.

I think that was a blessing in disguise...
Rhilton4u
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 03:50
Sorry honeybees give me the creeps cause I'm allergic to them, but since #2 freaks me out the most, I guess it must be the best one.
slimninj4
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 13:14
I like that third shot. so close. These guys can fly off as soon as you try to zoom.
macro junkie
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 13:59
1 is mad..and something about 4 i love..how u have got 1 bee in focus and the rest in the background..ace shot!
ront
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 16:45
#4 was somewhat just a lucky shot. The bees were flying all around me. Kinda scary!! I just put my camera on macro mode and took a bunch of pictures and ended up with "1" that was kind of cool.

Thanks, Ron
racketman
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 18:37
interesting series, I found a swarm in the park two years ago - they are quite placid in this situation:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2410/1765842235_1a31dcb3db_o.jpg
Rhilton4u
26th of October 2007 (Fri), 18:48
interesting series, I found a swarm in the park two years ago - they are quite placid in this situationOk big-shot, you stick your hand in there and see how placid they are. :p
dpastern
27th of October 2007 (Sat), 08:14
Interesting shots Ron - especially the image of the swarm on the ground, never seen anything like that before, well done.

Dave

PS Please try and keep the images smaller for us poor sods on 56k dialup - there's no need to have images at 500kb apiece...
ront
27th of October 2007 (Sat), 14:40
Ok big-shot, you stick your hand in there and see how placid they are. :p

During the day, the bees were FAR from placid!! I felt very lucky to get away with only one sting!! The real close up shots were in the evening when it was getting colder and they were fairly still at that point. But then the lighting was far from ideal.

dpastern, I understand your pain!! I also have dial up and it NEVER hits 56K!! I HATE IT!!