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http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s58/Dee_0216/Honey%20Bees/Hive-7Verynicecappedbroodpattern22d.jpg
Here's a few more of my pictures...
Isn't this Queen Beautiful!
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s58/Dee_0216/Honey%20Bees/Hive-6ItalianQueenBee.jpg
Close-Up of Eggs and Larva
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s58/Dee_0216/Honey%20Bees/Hive-4_24.jpg
Peek-A-Boo
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s58/Dee_0216/Honey%20Bees/Hive-6Emergingbrood.jpg
Keith Benson
03-19-2007, 09:04 PM
She is a stunner
Keith
balhanapi
03-19-2007, 10:38 PM
nice pics
the hive population looks to be definitely on the rise with all those young bees..
Joseph Clemens
03-20-2007, 12:44 AM
Ah, a very nice cordovan Italian queen, my favorite kind. If those are her workers it looks like she was mated predominantly with non-cordovan drones. But I'll bet her drones are a nice golden color like she is.
power napper
03-20-2007, 01:09 PM
Nice photos Dee--what do you use for a camera?
its an Olympus C-730 Ultra Zoom - this will do a 10X optical zoom/30X digital & optical. What i hate about it is that it doesnt have stabilization mode.
I would really like two cameras, one smaller for regular photos (instead of close-ups)
And thanks for compliments
Michael Palmer
03-22-2007, 06:38 PM
She is a nice looking queen. I love hairy leggs. :-) Nice pattern, too. Soon to be lots of young bees!
Did you notice the "k" winged bees? 3 out of 45. Wonder what that's all about. A little Tracheal maybe?
it's only been recent that i've even heard that the "k wing look" isnt good, i guess i'll have to read more about it, sadly this colony no longer exists, it died out back 2 years ago - but i still like looking at the pics
Jeffzhear
03-22-2007, 09:15 PM
Michael I wish there was a way that you or someone else could point out the k-wing in these pictures....I really don't have any idea what I am looking at.
J
Michael Palmer
03-23-2007, 06:59 PM
OK, look at the second photo. Upper left corner. Third bee down along edge. You can just see her K wing protruding from her left side. "K" wing happens, because the bees wing muscles are weakened, and the wings become unhinged. They don't lie flat together over her back. One sticks out, in a k shape.
Look at that bee. Her abdomen is pointing toward another k wing bee. There is another, two bees below the queen.
Jeffzhear
03-24-2007, 11:28 AM
Michael, Thank you for taking the time to show me. Now I know what I am looking at, I really appreciate it.
Now I just have to watch for some K-wing posts to learn more, or do a search.
J