2011-12-08 Bee Photographs by Rose-Lynn Fischer

My dad Edis gave me a book tonight, called

BEE: Photographs by Rose-Lynn Fisher.

The most amazing  photos of bees, seen through a scanning electron microscope.

Enjoy a few samples, scanned from the book:

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An Antenna 

130x

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.The base of the antenna 

150x

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Hello handsome.

15x

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The stinger.

37x

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Dang, got a bit of pollen in my eye.

190x

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" The top edge of the hind wing has hooks called humuli which catch on the fold at the bottom edge of the fore-wing; this interaction allows the two wigs to function as one during flight. At rest the humuli slip out, and the wings disconnect, each folding separately over the back"

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...loads more amazing photos in this book....