A Bee Wolf is a solitary wasp, they stock their burrows with up to 150 honey bees.
Coming to land
And down the burrow
LesterWareham Moderator More info | Jul 08, 2018 12:37 | #1 A Bee Wolf is a solitary wasp, they stock their burrows with up to 150 honey bees. Coming to land And down the burrow Gear List
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Lame-Duck I have indeed had pine nuts More info | Jul 08, 2018 13:28 | #2 Lester Wareham wrote in post #18658589 A Bee Wolf is a solitary wasp, they stock their burrows with up to 150 honey bees. ![]() ![]() Coming to land ![]() And down the burrow ![]() Wow Lester, that's an incredible series. Imagine living in the insect world. It's really a cruel place with so many predators and enemies to have to deal with. Life is awful brutal in that world. LD, or Mike
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Naturalist Adrift on a lonely vast sea 5,769 posts Likes: 1251 Joined May 2007 More info | Jul 08, 2018 17:04 | #3 Great natural history shots and thanks for the brief lesson. Very well done.
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racketman Cream of the Crop More info | Jul 08, 2018 17:09 | #4 Nice set of action shots. There's a good spot near me but strangely their burrows are on a busy dirt path and one feels a bit self conscious lying down on it Toby
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LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006 More info | Jul 09, 2018 00:15 | #5 Excellent series Lester http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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DLeeT Senior Member 913 posts Likes: 6844 Joined Jul 2018 More info | Jul 09, 2018 10:11 | #6 Excellent series.
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Jul 09, 2018 11:53 | #7 Many thanks all for the kind comments. Lame-Duck wrote in post #18658619 Wow Lester, that's an incredible series. Imagine living in the insect world. It's really a cruel place with so many predators and enemies to have to deal with. Life is awful brutal in that world. Naturalist wrote in post #18658727 Great natural history shots and thanks for the brief lesson. Very well done. racketman wrote in post #18658738 Nice set of action shots. There's a good spot near me but strangely their burrows are on a busy dirt path and one feels a bit self conscious lying down on it ![]() This was by a path also, not so busy in this heat. DLeeT wrote in post #18659132 Excellent series. Gear List
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stevendillonphoto Senior Member 995 posts Likes: 471 Joined Jun 2017 More info | Jul 11, 2018 10:00 | #8 Excellent in flight captures Lester. Didn't even know there was such a critter. I like to see the behavior shots like that. Neat. --Steven
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Jul 12, 2018 06:11 | #9 racketman wrote in post #18658738 Nice set of action shots. There's a good spot near me but strangely their burrows are on a busy dirt path and one feels a bit self conscious lying down on it ![]() Could be worse the one that used to be in Bookham common was a BMX track (no longer there sadly) and you had to be careful of bikes.
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Jul 15, 2018 12:17 | #10 stevendillonphoto wrote in post #18660522 Excellent in flight captures Lester. Didn't even know there was such a critter. I like to see the behavior shots like that. Neat. Thanks Steven. davholla wrote in post #18661121 Could be worse the one that used to be in Bookham common was a BMX track (no longer there sadly) and you had to be careful of bikes. Where I am you have to watch out not only for hurtling bikes but also horses, the numbers of both have risen greatly over the last few years. Gear List
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