Cellophane Bee
Wednesday afternoon was warm and sunny, for just about the first time since last fall. S_ was working out in the yard, and called me outside, saying “There’s a swarm of bees in the driveway!” And so...
View ArticleSurprise Bees
So, I came home from work on March 12, and S_ says, “We found some bees in the house! We took some pictures for you!”, and I say, “Really? I thought it was still too early for bees to come out,” and...
View ArticleTricolored Bumblebee
I found this bumblebee on her back by the side of the road, waving her legs feebly in the air. So, I popped her into a collection bottle and brought her home. She’d probably had a near-miss from a car...
View ArticleSweat Bee Caught in Throat
Just a few days ago, on August 1, 2012, I was bicycling home as usual, cruising along and talking to myself[1], when suddenly, as I was inhaling, an insect got sucked into my mouth, smacked into the...
View ArticleBee On Goldenrod
These pictures were taken almost exactly a year ago, on August 31, 2014, while I was out playing with my then-new Olympus TG-3 camera. The bee is on a goldenrod flower head. Ah, but what kind of bee is...
View ArticleThermography, or, Who Says Insects are All Cold-Blooded?
As of about a week ago, I gained the ability to take thermal images [1]. This is has a lot of uses, but for our purposes it is excellent for detecting warm-blooded creatures in the dark. Oh, you know....
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