Bees in Flight

[thefluffanutta]

There were some bees hovering in the garden one weekend, so I took a few hundred pictures with my compact. Getting the focus right was a challenge...

• Captured in Flight: Bees (web album)

Hope you like them.

thefluffanutta

 

[neogfx]

Aren't these hoverflies?

 

[thefluffanutta]

Aren't these hoverflies?

Erm, maybe - I don't know what hoverflies look like.

From a bit of research on the web, I'm still not sure. The insect looks furry just like a honey bee, yet it hovers and darts about like a hoverfly. Apparently, some hoverflies mimic bees as way of protection.

 

[koda-46]

They are scary.....