[Leica] IMG: Today at the Buddlei Bush

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Jim.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/23/2016 2:57 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> Both, nice shooting
>
> JimH
>
> On 8/23/16 2:36 PM, Jim Nichols 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+Carpenter+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.
>>
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