Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The hovering bee?great capture!! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 23 Aug 2016, at 20:36, 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+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. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >