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Very pretty Eileen.You have captured that Bee just right...

21 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Tina, he was there for ages, think he was resting

21 Apr, 2009

 

Great close up - will have to start hunting bees.

21 Apr, 2009

amy
Amy
 

Thats a lovely close up Eileen , it,s a very pretty picture :o)

21 Apr, 2009

 

thanks guys, hope to see lots of bees this summer in the garden, already had a wasp this morning in the kitchen yukkkkkkk lol

21 Apr, 2009

 

OOoooooo this is A Lovely Pic , He/She looks so Cute & Fluffy :)

21 Apr, 2009

 

Fantastic photo, Eileen..
Well done on this one...

21 Apr, 2009

 

Fantastic sight to see. I have not seen a lot of bees

21 Apr, 2009

 

Nice photo Eileen......

21 Apr, 2009

 

Great photo Eileen ....

21 Apr, 2009

 

thanks guys

21 Apr, 2009

 

Beautiful photo, looks like he's snuggled into a downy bed.

21 Apr, 2009

 

He shows up so well against that white flower...great shot!

21 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Gee and Skippy

22 Apr, 2009

 

Great shot

22 Apr, 2009

 

Lovely seeing this and other photos of Bees, there do seem to be a lot more this year. Hopefully the doommongers will be proved wrong this time? though I suppose it's early days yet.

22 Apr, 2009

 

thanks guys.
well already this yr wagger ive seen plenty of bees so i too hope their wrong

22 Apr, 2009

 

~The govt has just allocated £10 million to look into the problem so lets hope they get going and find an answer sooner rather than later!Something to do with parasite mites?

22 Apr, 2009

 

fingers crossed the can find a solution

23 Apr, 2009

 

Great picture..It's a favorite!

23 Apr, 2009

 

Lovely, the dark colour of the bee against the white of the flower, you've got it just right. xxx

23 Apr, 2009

 

thanks NF and Daff

23 Apr, 2009

 

thanks NF and Daff

23 Apr, 2009

 

Great photo, love the contrast of the bumblebee & the flower!

24 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Sunblest

24 Apr, 2009

 

It's lovely Irish, look at his fuzzy little coat :)

24 Apr, 2009

 

I must say this is a fabulous photo Irish. may I ask what make of camera you are using, I can't get close ups anywhere near like this on my camera. Tref.

24 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Tracey .

25 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Tref,
its just a compact digital camera, a Samsung P800.
there may be a setting on your camera for close ups, i just mesed around with it when i got it to find out what the different settings where

25 Apr, 2009

 

love this picture brilliant x

25 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Nita

25 Apr, 2009

 

great shot - we must look out for the bees this summer as they are becoming rare and know one knows why it seems -

25 Apr, 2009

 

Overdosed on pollen, great shot there.

25 Apr, 2009

 

thanks guys

25 Apr, 2009

 

Great shot Irish.

26 Apr, 2009

 

I think that you are a professional photographer on the quiet, lol, I love to take close-up's like that stunning picture well done.

26 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Panther

26 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Bobg, lol the bee kindly posed for me long enough to take this photo

26 Apr, 2009

 

Gorgeous photo

26 Apr, 2009

 

Sorry got to this late Eileen been a busy bee myself lately ..superb close up you just have to be proud of this shot , its great.

26 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Norfolk and BB

26 Apr, 2009

 

Your photo is great everyone's comment's show it

27 Apr, 2009

 

aw thanks Marann

27 Apr, 2009

 

I've only just seen this, as well! Wow! What a shot! :-)

28 Apr, 2009

 

thanks Barbara

28 Apr, 2009

 

You Go Girl ! That's the way to show us how it's supposed to be done. Fantastic shot !

1 May, 2009

 

thanks FL

1 May, 2009

 

Great photo
Sarah

31 May, 2009

 

thanks Sarah

1 Jun, 2009

 

Superb photo!

6 Jun, 2009

 

Thanks FB

7 Jun, 2009



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