Green bee in orange lily

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Green bee in orange lily

June 15, 2015 by Mike Powell

I don’t have a garden, but fortunately my neighbor and fellow photographer Cindy Dyer has a wonderful one. Earlier today I photographed this green metallic sweat bee (genus Agapostemon) coming out of one of her orange daylilies.

Posted in Flowers, Gardening, Insects, Macro Photography, Nature, Photography | Tagged Alexandria VA, Canon 50D, Cindy Dyer, daylily, genus Agapostemon, green metallic bee, Runnymeade, Tamron 180mm macro lens | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on June 15, 2015 at 7:03 pm | Reply svtakeiteasy

Very artistic Mike! Great mix of the soft colours of the lily and the dark bee!
- on June 15, 2015 at 8:23 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Chris. I sometimes feel like there is a creative part of me that is underdeveloped and I am always happy when I capture an image that lets me be “artsy.”
on June 15, 2015 at 7:05 pm | Reply Leanne Cole

Great Mike. I have a garden, but it is a massive mess right now and really needs some work done it in, I would love to get it looking good so I can do that type of photography.
- on June 16, 2015 at 4:32 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Leanne. I think the easiest approach is to ignore the garden and “borrow” the garden of someone else. It’s a lot less work that way. 🙂
  - on June 16, 2015 at 4:36 am Leanne Cole
    
    LOL good point.
on June 15, 2015 at 7:13 pm | Reply Victor Rakmil

Stunning shot!
- on June 15, 2015 at 8:24 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Victor.
on June 16, 2015 at 5:36 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

Nice shot!
- on June 16, 2015 at 5:41 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks.
on June 16, 2015 at 2:02 pm | Reply myrsbytes

Cool bee and great photograph! I like borrowing other people’s gardens too. I’m an appreciator :-).