A mason bee waiting for the sunshine to warm her up.

by davidwozhere

This solitary bee spent the night in the mouth of the tunnel (a hole drilled into a piece of dowel) she is using to lay her eggs. When she has warmed through sufficiently she will continue egg laying and will then wall up the tunnel mouth with wet mud.
There is a series of images in the Forum section showing my "bee hotel" and the various bees that have used it.
Uploaded16/05/2020 - 23:29
CategoryWildlife / Nature
Shutter Speed1/125
Aperturef/9.0
ISO200
Focal Length90mm
Unique Views / Likes25/5

GIULIO57
Posted 17/05/2020 - 05:15 Link
davidstorm
Posted 17/05/2020 - 15:18 Link
Fantastic image David.

Regards
David
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Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu

Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs
morpheus71
Posted 19/05/2020 - 11:26 Link
Excellent portrait
prsjnb
Posted 28/05/2020 - 20:29 Link
Simply astounding, David: you can bee proud of yourself

Bee hotels are a fabulous investment. Liked yours, mine has given me hours of entertainment and education during lock-down.

Jon

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