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Although I'm not entirely sure why, solitary bees that hatch in the early spring have more mites on them than the ones that hatch later on. If you look to the right side of the image you'll see a mite behind this Miner bee's eye, and it's back is covered with them.
Tech Specs: Canon 40D, MPE-65 mm macro lens, and an MT-24EX flash.
Tech Specs: Canon 40D, MPE-65 mm macro lens, and an MT-24EX flash.
Image size
3888x2592px 1.74 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 40D
Shutter Speed
1/250 second
Aperture
F/10.0
Focal Length
65 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Mar 27, 2010, 8:56:44 AM
Sensor Size
22mm
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There was an interesting article about pollinators in this month's Nat Geo. The article talked about bees (among other things) and CCD or 'Colony Collapse Disorder, a phenomenon that apiarys have been witnessing in North America for a while. It's apparently caused by a multitude of factors, mostly due to human
One was reduced diversity of plants because of human alteration of landscape for agriculture, another was widespread use of insecticide, fungicides etc. What was relatively surprising however was their increased susceptibility to mites, which also seems to be a factor. Perhaps the spring entails some human activity that causes this, we're usually to blame.
Anyway, that's a really nice macro. I wish Nikon had an equivalent of the MPE-65, although admittedly I don't really professionally 'need' that kind of lens at this point.
One was reduced diversity of plants because of human alteration of landscape for agriculture, another was widespread use of insecticide, fungicides etc. What was relatively surprising however was their increased susceptibility to mites, which also seems to be a factor. Perhaps the spring entails some human activity that causes this, we're usually to blame.
Anyway, that's a really nice macro. I wish Nikon had an equivalent of the MPE-65, although admittedly I don't really professionally 'need' that kind of lens at this point.