Some recent bees with added sleeping bee

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Great shots, I think you're right with the nomad bee a type of cuckoo bee that lays its eggs in another bee's nest,
 
cawlcoch said:
Great shots, I think you're right with the nomad bee a type of cuckoo bee that lays its eggs in another bee's nest,
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You are right and the cuckoo bee shown (possibly Marshams nomad bee) is a cleptoparasite on the miner bee (possibly Andrena Carantonica) and I saw one of the Cuckoo bees go down the same holes shown in the solitary bee shots

ChrisA said:
Lovely selection of shots and bees.
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Thanks Chris
All taken in one flower bed.
 
Excellent set there Alf, (y)
 
1st one is the best of the bunch of for me. I do like Bees and wasps, so different.
 
Here is a handheld 2 shot stack done photoshop of a sleeping bee

E-M1 and sigma 105 f2.8

Sleeping nomad bee stack by Alf Branch, on Flickr

I did intend to try in camera stacking with the Olympus E-M1 and Olympus 60mm but I forgot the quick release plate for the tripod but I reckon the wind would have been an issue.
 
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Wonderful Alf (y)
 
Excellent shots my favourite is the nomad bee sleeping shot
Well spotted finding it
 
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