Ten more bee photos from The Netherlands for the Aussie ...

... and for all others who like bees, of course.

BTW why isn't he called "Bruce"? Very confusing. Anyway, here goes:

Incoming:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f4, 1/125s}

Why bother with small flowers:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f4, 1/500s}

Well, because sometimes there aren't any big flowers:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f4, 1/400s}

Bee paradise:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO400, f8, 1/200s}

Busy, busy, busy, hind leg almost full:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO160, f5.6, 1/400s}

Conquering a small planet:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/50s}

How to tell apart a bee and a hoverfly:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO160, f5.6, 1/500s}

White flowers are fine:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/320s}

But blue looks better:

^{Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s}

All done here, taking off:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/500s}

As far as I know, these are all European honey bees (Apis mellifera), honingbijen in Dutch. I have some photos of other species, I'll post those tomorrow (if I don't forget). The mining bees I posted about earlier are here.

Thanks for watching!