Bumblebee At Rest
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
Bumblebee At Rest
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I was able to touch this bumblebee and he reached out with his leg for more. Lovely feeling!
Bumblebees are social insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those of honeybees, growing to as few as 50 individuals in a nest. Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals. Cuckoo bumblebees do not make nests; their queens aggressively invade the nests of other bumblebee species, kill the resident queens and then lay their own eggs, which are cared for by the resident workers.
Uploaded
January 17th, 2017
Embed
Share
Similar Images
Comments (56)
AnnaJo Vahle
wow! What an unusual idea to touch the bumblebee, Marcia! Fabulous macro and interesting description. f
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful nature close up photo of a bumblebee on a flower with great colors, pose, clarity, and perspective, Marcia! F/L
Conni Schaftenaar
Love your description of this, Marcia! It reminds me of my brother as a toddler - he had an amazing knack for walking up to bumblebees and wasps that were sitting in the sun and just petting them! My mother saw him standing by one of our lawn chairs, moving his hand and chattering away in his little baby voice She walked over to see what he was doing, and there was a bumblebee there, being petting and stroked. She said it gave her the most malevolent look when she interrupted the petting session, before zooming off. L/F this wonderful image - thanks for the memory it invokes for me!
Recently Viewed
