Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Busy Bee

9:00 am I noticed this little nest hanging on the garage on the way to M's piano lesson.
11:00 am I was surprised to see the progress in such a short time.
Here is the busy little bee at work.
I thought the wet ring around the base was interesting...I watched it go around in circles for about 10 minutes.

6 comments:

  1. Ew. You're getting rid of it before he invites his whole family over for a bar-b-que, right?

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  2. I am terrified of bees! Your pictures scared me! :D I hope you just have one awesome zoom on your camera, and you didn't seriously get that close.

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  3. Tug: The bbq is this Friday and there is a nest in the grill too. I guess I'm going to be busy in the moment before the guests arrive!

    Samantha: I was actually standing on a plastic chair and holding my camera an inch away from the nest because I was using the macro setting! :)

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  4. The wet ring is new construction. I think that the wasp is "spitting" out chewed up wood to build the hive.
    http://www.enaturalist.org/unit/50/fr

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  5. That scares the crap outta me!!! You are a brave woman for having that camera out there!!!!

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  6. Very cool, and your photos are detailed and close. I would have been interested too. Thanks for sharing :)

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