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[Greg Shchepanek]

Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pugnata) Mary's Point, New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar site no. 236.

Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/4.0 4.3 mm 1/400 160 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on Milkweed at Kaz Station, Quebec, Canada.

Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/640 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Jack]

Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pugnata) Mary's Point, New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar site no. 236.
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Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/4.0 4.3 mm 1/400 160 Flash (off, did not fire)

This on is really sharp Greg Shchepanek

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Unknown Bumblebee on Goldenrod at Acadia National Park, Maine, United States.

Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/80 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Orange-belted Bumblebee (Bombus ternarius) in American Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis), Quebec, Canada.

Olympus FE47,X43 • ƒ/4.0 7.7 mm 1/320 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Not a Macro shot but showing a Bee hard at work is Saguaro Cactus and Bee (Carnegiea gigantea) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States. Would have loved to get a bee macro while in the desert.

Nikon Coolpix S9900 • ƒ/6.4 135.0 mm 1/500 125 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

A nice little Bombus photo at the Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755. Common Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) on Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis).

Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/6.3 28.0 mm 1/160 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Taken in an urban garden of a church close to the Ottawa River. Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus) Urban Garden, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/400 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Two-ranked Bumble Bee (Bombus bifarius) Whooping Crane Summer Range, Wood Buffalo National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada. Ramsar site no. 240.

Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/3.5 28.0 mm 1/60 200 Flash (off, did not fire)
It was very windy when I came across the special little guy and the subject was going back & forth.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) Urban Garden, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/500 100 Flash (off, did not fire)