[Leica] IMG: Today at the Buddlei Bush

[Tina Manley]

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
>
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