[Leica] IMG: Today at the Buddlei Bush

[jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Both, nice shooting

JimH

On 8/23/16 2:36 PM, Jim Nichols 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.
>