Good evening all friends wherever you are, this time I'm back to share some macrophotography pictures that I have, it took a little courage for me to take this picture, because the object that I photographed was a group of bees sunbathing, and here are some of the best pictures that I have
The Western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide, The name of the genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera is Latin for "honey bearer" or "carrier honey", refers to the honey production of that species
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In contrast to other bees in general, the body shape of the bees that I met was almost similar to wasps, long-bodied and likes to sunbathe in groups, but after I searched a Google search, these animals turned out to belong to one of the types of bees that are spread all over the world, and known as the superior bee with the Latin name Apis mellifera
The colors of these bees are also different from each other, they have a shiny and unique mixture of colors, that's what made me dare to take pictures of these bees, even though the risk is a little scary, as we know, bees have enough venom to make anyone in pain if they get bitten, even that can also cause death, and luckily I didn't get bitten by the bees
If you look closely, the bee's body also has fine hairs that almost cover its entire body, only the wings do not have these fine hairs.
The eyes of this bee are similar to the eyes of a butterfly, it has blue and yellow eyes, and that is also what makes this group of bees different from other bees, generally the honey bees that you often see have black eyes, and golden yellow bodies. , not shiny like the bees that I met
There are about 10 bees in this group, and each of them is busy with his own business, some are sunbathing in groups and some are choosing to be alone, like the photo you see above, the four pictures above are different bees, only they look alike and it's hard to tell them apart
Another thing that sets this bee apart is the antennae on its head, as far as I know, honey bees don't have long antennae like this, therefore, at first I thought this was a wasp, but sources say something different from my opinion, and if you guys If you know about this animal, please advise in the comments column if there is a mistake in naming this animal, at the same time it will also be the closing of our meeting this time, I hope you like it and see you soon
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