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Bees and Sunflowers in CO

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Aug 02, 2014 20:22 |  #1

Took the rig out for another spin today (first full day of vaca in CO)
as my folks have a killer sunflower patch and a LOT of pretty docile bees.

5D2, 100L and the Pringles can as the weapon of choice. C&C is always welcomed!

And honey. These bees LOVE honey...the bees in AZ couldn't care less.


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His other wing is fine...by this point he was honey drunk enough he wasn't real coordinated...so I fed him from the spoon. :)
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Aug 02, 2014 21:16 |  #2

Great captures. Beautiful colors.

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Aug 03, 2014 00:25 |  #3

I love that last one

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Aug 03, 2014 00:35 |  #4

Awesome shots.

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Aug 03, 2014 00:52 |  #5

Lovely series
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Aug 03, 2014 13:33 |  #6

nice set

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Aug 04, 2014 09:38 |  #7

Nice set :cool:

As for the bait; honeybees are very task oriented. If they are collecting pollen they will ignore any bait that you use. Those honeybees (all females btw) are collecting nectar -sunflowers sweat it like crazy. So since they were looking for nectar it was easy to get them to feed on the honey.

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Aug 04, 2014 10:31 |  #8

Great captures with lovely clarity and light.

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Aug 04, 2014 12:03 |  #9

Great bee captures.

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Aug 05, 2014 15:02 |  #10

thanks guys!

dalan, that makes sense...I tried baiting the bees in AZ with honey and it had no effect...they were unpersuaded!

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