A honeybee colony in the wild Image courtesy MadMaven/T.S.Heisele/ Stock.xchng In scientific terms, bees are in the insect superfamily Apodiea. This superfamily includes lots of families, subfamilies, tribes and approximately 20,000 bee species. The bees in each family have traits in comm...
Her egg production will eventually slow down, and once it does, her daughter bees will surround and suffocate her, then toss her corpse out of the hive. It's a brutal cycle of life, during which every bee plays a specific, demanding part. But the entirety of the honeybee's life and ...
while all bees have a common structure, there are certain features and behavioral characteristics that set them apart. Bees are winged insects that collect pollen and nectar for food their hairy bodies, and many eyes help them identify the target flowers quickly. Very similar...
diffusion, diffusion. Harsh light will easily ruin a photo. At this macro scale, light from the flash unit does not have enough distance to spread out evenly. Use small softboxes if you can, but I recommend building your own diffusers. ...
It was important to me to have a free choice patty—free choice, meaning the bees can eat it if they want to, but you are not forcing them to eat it. If the pollen is mixed uniformly into the candy, the bees are more or less compelled to eat it even if they don’t want to, ...
A honeybee colony in the wild Image courtesy MadMaven/T.S.Heisele/ Stock.xchng In scientific terms, bees are in the insect superfamily Apodiea. This superfamily includes lots of families, subfamilies, tribes and approximately 20,000 bee species. The bees in each family have traits in comm...