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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Frank Fremerey on June 16, 2015, 19:33:33

Title: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 16, 2015, 19:33:33: set1

full frame:
(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/OBF_0852.JPG)
crop1:
(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/edit_crop1_OBF_0852.JPG)
crop2:
(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/edit_crop2_OBF_0852.JPG)
Title: Re: bees bees bees
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 16, 2015, 19:39:13: (http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/edit_crop2_OBF_0865.JPG)
Title: Re: bees bees bees
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 16, 2015, 19:40:47: Oops: first the pictures were resized, the suddenly I see scroll bars...
#2: now I resized them myself and edited the links. please reload
Title: Re: bees bees bees
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 16, 2015, 19:57:59: Morning Workout:

(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_edit_OBF_0876.JPG)

(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_edit_OBF_0878.JPG)

(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_edit_OBF_0879.JPG)

(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_edit_OBF_0882.JPG)
Title: Re: bees bees bees
Post by: Frank Fremerey on June 16, 2015, 20:16:06: bee in flight:

(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_bee_in_flight_OBF_0985.JPG)

crop:
(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_crop_bee_in_flight_OBF_0985.JPG)

eyecontact 1&2:
(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_eye_contact_OBF_1001.JPG)

(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_eye_contact_2_OBF_1153.JPG)
crop:
(http://fotokontext.de/ZENTRALKRAFT/bees_bees_bees/preview_crop_OBF_1153.JPG)
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 09:36:56: I love this pic and feel it was ignored inanother thread:
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: armando_m on August 10, 2015, 15:00:33: I have never seen bees going into holes on the ground, interesting image Frank !
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 15:04:43: I feel the ant was checking out if the bee was edible.
Then she found the bee was alive and ran away.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Gary on August 10, 2015, 16:30:30: Bees, bees, bees ... you sure like bees. Hard working, industrious little critters. You have captured them well. What started your fascination with bees?
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on August 10, 2015, 16:38:18: Frank: you blue flower is a Phacelia and my guess it is P. tanacetifolia as that species often is cultivated for attracting bees. They go crazy when P. tanacetifolia is present.

Not sure what your white flower is, though. Need to see more of it including stem and foliage.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Gary on August 10, 2015, 16:49:36: There is a problem with Bee Die-Off/Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) here in the States. CCD is linked to a relatively new class of systemic insecticides entitled 'neonicotinoid pesticides'. I was just wondering if Europe is also experiencing pollinator decline?
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 16:51:04: Bjørn. IIRC the white blooms are Brambleberry (Brombeere).

Gary. Fascination came from a meadow with scattered fruit trees, mostly old apple varieties and fruit trees. They make honey and I design the labels for the honey: http://fotokontext.de/Wir_gestalten_Etiketten_fuer_Ihre_Produkte_Wein_Honig_Marmelade_wunderschoen_erfolgreich_preiswert.html

Currently I got the feeling that I found my life's topic and it is "Biodiversity and Global Responsibility". The book I am just writing covers that topic and because of the fascination of that topic I am a regular to botanical gardens (as I am to Pipe Organs and Churches in General).

I still have another bee set to be developed from the botanical garden in Bonn. Note that I sometimes post shots of flower flies who are no bees and no wasps but sometimes you need and expert to tell these apart, because they mimic the other species.

Photographically the flower varieties in a botanical garden are much more interesting than the ones I found in the defunct gravel pit, that was more like a desert with very few animals and very few different kinds of plants. Alas scientifically the "half desert" was much more rewarding because the "Hosenbienen" dig their caves with many rooms and have quite an interesting look.

I still have many precious shots to be developed from that shooting too.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on August 10, 2015, 16:55:37: "Bjørn. IIRC the white blooms are Brambleberry (Brombeere)."

That is simply impossible by any stretch of imagination. Nothing to do with the Rose family at all.

If you have photos showing more of the plant they might be identifiable though.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 17:20:20: Ok. Then the Brambleberrys have some companion plants growin together with them in the same bush.

I will look for a broader view in the shooting archive.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: rosko on August 10, 2015, 17:26:32: Quote from: Gary on August 10, 2015, 16:49:36
I was just wondering if Europe is also experiencing pollinator decline?

Unfortunatly yes.

Neonicotinoid pesticide are not allowed in few contry in Europe (Italy, France

For the moment.

Chemical groups are lobbying and are striving to convince politics to allow their use throughout Europe. :'(
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 17:28:54: what plant?
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Gary on August 10, 2015, 17:35:37: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 16:51:04
Bjørn. IIRC the white blooms are Brambleberry (Brombeere).

Gary. Fascination came from a meadow with scattered fruit trees, mostly old apple varieties and fruit trees. They make honey and I design the labels for the honey: http://fotokontext.de/Wir_gestalten_Etiketten_fuer_Ihre_Produkte_Wein_Honig_Marmelade_wunderschoen_erfolgreich_preiswert.html

Currently I got the feeling that I found my life's topic and it is "Biodiversity and Global Responsibility". The book I am just writing covers that topic and because of the fascination of that topic I am a regular to botanical gardens (as I am to Pipe Organs and Churches in General).

I still have another bee set to be developed from the botanical garden in Bonn. Note that I sometimes post shots of flower flies who are no bees and no wasps but sometimes you need and expert to tell these apart, because they mimic the other species.

Photographically the flower varieties in a botanical garden are much more interesting than the ones I found in the defunct gravel pit, that was more like a desert with very few animals and very few different kinds of plants. Alas scientifically the "half desert" was much more rewarding because the "Hosenbienen" dig their caves with many rooms and have quite an interesting look.

I still have many precious shots to be developed from that shooting too.

I love those labels!

"Currently I got the feeling that I found my life's topic and it is "Biodiversity and Global Responsibility". The book I am just writing covers that topic and because of the fascination of that topic I am a regular to botanical gardens (as I am to Pipe Organs and Churches in General). "

Very interesting. Have you written any previous books/articles/studies? (I used to be a City of Los Angeles Commissioner overseeing the Environmental Affairs Department. My work as an environmental commissioner may intersect and overlap into much of your writings concerning Biodiversity and Global Responsibility. But that was long ago and I haven't kept up with the latest concepts, legislations and implementations.)
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Gary on August 10, 2015, 17:45:09: Quote from: rosko on August 10, 2015, 17:26:32
Quote from: Gary on August 10, 2015, 16:49:36
I was just wondering if Europe is also experiencing pollinator decline?

Unfortunatly yes.

Neonicotinoid pesticide are not allowed in few contry in Europe (Italy, France

For the moment.

Chemical groups are lobbying and are striving to convince politics to allow their use throughout Europe. :'(
Our Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to act on lawsuits against Neonicotinoids saying the evidence is inconclusive and overstated.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 18:14:25: Monsanto says it is some parasitical moth that causes the trouble. My honeyman says it is probably both.

The complexity of these systems is rather difficult to model and understand. BT corn was thought to interfer with
some useful and rare insects but in the end thorough investigation showed that this was not the case.

I am pro Biodiversity and it has shown that Biodiversity can be utilized for highly productive agriculture.

Biodivers Agriculture does not need fertilizers and killer chemicals because the plant families grown together are chosen to shield off or contain insects and plants destructive to intended harvest.

Masanobu Fukuoka pioneered that field in the 1970 but we have come a long way from there.
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Post by: Gary on August 10, 2015, 18:50:34: I am aware that Native Americans planted their three main agricultural crops together in what is called "companion planting": winter squash, corn and climbing beans.

Native Americans call them the Three Sisters and they were all planted in the same soil mound. I am sure other cultures developed biodiverse agriculture methodologies as well.
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 19:01:40: I feel Agrodiverse Productivity is the future of feeding 10 Billion mouths
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Post by: rosko on August 10, 2015, 20:02:11: Quote from: Frank Fremerey on August 10, 2015, 17:28:54
what plant?

It looks like Thyme or something from the Lamiacea family. (wild thyme, marjoram).

Regarding the scale given by the bee, I would say thyme, and the picture is dated from june, when thyme blossoms.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on August 10, 2015, 20:08:25: Agree it could be from the Lamiaceae, but Thymus isn't the most likely candidate as this genus has spike-like inflorescences, pink to purple flowers, and styles are exserted (sticking far out in more common language). Thyme stems tend to carry stiff hairs on one or more sides as well.
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Erik Lund on August 11, 2015, 08:40:42: Sorry to raise it here as well but on my screen these bees look mostly unsharp, blured and for some noisy...
Title: Re: bees -- alive and kicking
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 11, 2015, 10:06:31: It is a long way to perfection. I never stop learning.