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Beautiful shot, it's a Colletes (Plasterer) Bee, a male. As John says above it's one of the groups that can't be identified by photograph unfortunately as outside of the finer details that can't be seen by eye, they all look almost identical.

I'm always happy to see your images pop up on the front page when I log on. Simply incredible :)

We lost Misty to kidney failure earlier this year :( Misty - Feb 16 by Sarah Mnstr, on Flickr Then, completely unexpectedly, this little terror bounced into our lives - Dexter in shoe by Sarah Mnstr, on Flickr

Lovely photo and brilliant close up :) Like James said above swarming bees are very unlikely to sting you - I'm a beekeeper, and a few years ago was due to take the Beekeeper's Basic Exam. It was one of the hottest days of the year, and when I arrived at the venue - a large teaching apiary, a...

Thanks Brett :)

Beautiful :)

Ahhh ok. Wasn't sure if that was something that had occurred during the sharpening process :)

Beautiful! The dragons are my favourites as I have a soft spot for them. Also - poor butterfly :(

I prefer number two. My taste also is for crisp, sharp images with lots of detail but I also think I can be a bit heavy handed when sharpening. Having looked at it again I can see what looks like an extra border around the edges. Is this the fringing that Toni is talking about?

Thanks all - have only just seen these as was away with no internet access over the weekend and then straight back into a mountain of work on Tuesday :( This was the closest he came to coming out of the house - think these ones are quite shy. The Mason Bees will normally come out and have a...

Great shots of a beautiful beetle :D

Another visitor to the bee houses. This one I think is a Leafcutter Bee. Leafcutter Bee by Sarah Mnstr, on Flickr Leafcutter Bee - May 2016 by Sarah Mnstr, on Flickr Only managed to grab a couple of photos so far as this one is really shy!

Beautiful shot! Haven't seen any dragonflies or damselflies yet this year :(

Very true! I've noticed so much more while sitting and waiting for something to turn up that I can photograph :)

Beautiful! I like shot 3 the best, with the small spot of sunlight reflecting from the side of his back and making the colours really glitter. Plus a lovely view of that fabulous eye and his 'moustache'. These are rapidly becoming some of my favourite bees :D