Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perfect photos showing why bees can't fly!! You are really nailing the focus on these. Tina On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > When I walked out to the Buddlei Bush today, I found another Gulf > Fritillary and some bees, along with a lot of smaller insects. The > Fritillary was usually in motion, but I finally got one acceptable shot. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fritillary+77.JPG.html > > I saw some peculiar behavior on the part of the Carpenter Bees. While one > was wrapped up in the flowers, a second large bee was hovering almost > motionless, watching. Here is the hovering bee. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Hovering+Carpen > ter+Bee+91.JPG.html > > As a former aerodynamicist, I noted that, while hovering, with the wings > in constant motion, the instantaneous photo shows the left wing at a > positive angle of attack while the right wing is just the opposite. But my > fellow engineers are the ones that said that a bumble bee can't fly, so > what do we know. The bees make it work for them. :-) > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html