A couple of bees.

[Rob]

This little fellow had his head buried in a cornflower for at least five minutes, very unusual behaviour.

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A close up of his antennae.

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I think this is known as a 'solitary bee'. Apparently they live alone; it certainly spent a long time chasing off other honey bees and bumble-bees which were also feeding on it's patch.

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Not in focus, but I managed to catch his wing movement as he took off.

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105 VR on Aperture priority. I have tried using the macro position on the selector control on my D70s, but find I get better images using aperture priority. Is this a standard or am I doing something wrong?

 

[tojor]

Charming little fellows, aren't they? Difficult to get them in flight but I like your front flight picture. I alway shoot aperture priority with macros.

 

[Jeff Lee]

Isn't it amazing how gentle they are when we are shoving huge lenses in their faces, nice images.