[Leica] IMG: Black-and-Gold Bumble Bee and Carpenter Bee

[Don Dory]

Midair is good.

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 1:56 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> After the rain stopped, I took a different camera and lens to the Rose
> of Sharon bush and observed the bees. Though they never pose, I'm
> convinced that the one I have been seeing is a Black-and-Gold Bumble Bee.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210821-P8210407-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> For comparison, I also captured a more common  Carpenter Bee.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210821-P8210371-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> Olympus X-E1 with Olympus ED 50mm Macro lens, burst mode
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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