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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Today at the Buddlei Bush
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:41:15 +0200
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The hovering bee?great capture!!

Cheers,
Nathan

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> 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
> 
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