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| A Mason Bee working the Nectarine Tree. |
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| A Large Carpenter Bee on a Nectarine Tree. |
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| A Mason Bee. |
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| Mason Bee on a Crabapple Tree. |
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| A Velvet Ant. I've been trying to shoot one of these for 3 years now and this is the best I have. |
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| This is the first time I've ever seen a Honey Bee, or any bee for that matter, on a Marigold with that many petals. And this isn't even a bee working a flower. Beekeepers were opening a hive and in coming foragers landed away from the nest in confusion. |
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| Here is a wasp that specializes in hunting spiders. |
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| Honey Bee on Asclepias tuberosa. I took this image at a class for photography hosted by a women who works for the USDA who teaches macro photography to surveyors. After seeing this photo she said I have "The Eye," for this. I think that's the greatest compliment she could have given me that day. |
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| Another Honey Bee on Asclepias tuberosa. This time the plant is a cultivar that has yellow flowers instead of orange/red. |
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| A Wasp on the flowers to Dill (or something related). |
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| Honey Bee on St. John's Wort. |
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| A troop of Carpenter Bees on 'Black Jack' Sedum. |
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| Honey Bee on New England Aster. |
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| Honey Bee on New England Aster. |
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| Honey Bee on New England Aster. I'm tempted to turn this into a painting. I want to do other pictures with different colors first. |
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| Bumblebee "I am your father!" Honey Bee "That's not true. That's imposable!" |
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| Monobia quadridens on Goldenrod. |