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#flowers
1/ Eine #Sandbiene, Gattung #Andrena sitzt auf einer #Blüte von Giersch und sucht nach Nektar.
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#flowers
1/ Eine Sandbiene, Gattung #Andrena sitzt auf einer #Blüte von #Giersch und saugt Nektar.
Fotos leider unscharf.
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#flowers
1/ Eine graue Sandbiene, #Andrena cineraria sitzt auf einer #Blüte von #Giersch.
~meoralis~The #chives in my garden have acquired a fan club. Here's one of its members for #Bienstag. 🐝
I think it's one of the smaller mining #bees that like it here.
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I think it's one of the smaller mining #bees that like it here.
#Schnittlauch #miningBee #miningBees #bee #InsektenSamstag #InsectSaturday #Andrena #Sandbiene #Biene #Bienen #insect #Insekt #insects #Insekten #nature #Natur #pollinators
#insects #Insekten #Andrena #Natur #Garten #bees #Wildbienen #bees #Biene #InsektenHotel #Frühling #Frühjahr #garden
1/ Fotos von einer Sandbiene, Gattung Andrena, diese Wildbienenart sitzt auf einer weißen Blüte von Gänseblümchen und sucht nach Nektar.
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#flowers #Andrena #Frühling #spring #Frühjahr #Bienen
1/ Eine #Sandbiene der Gattung Andrena (?)🐝 sitzt auf einer Blatt von der Großen Brennessel und putzt sich.
Some gardening drama for #Bienstag. Apologies for the poor quality, but they're really tiny. And fast. 🫣
Last week, I set up a new patch in the garden and replanted my herbs and strawberries from the old plot. But oh, the drama! As I removed the edging stones and plants from the old patch, I uncovered loads of #ants. (Since some of them made their way into the house, I assume the whole garden is one giant ant colony. 😅) Anyway, I accidentally dug up a few #miningBees as well (sorry little ones, feel free to settle in the new plot!), and then I watched a death match between two #bees and an army of ants. The bees tried to flee from the ant territory, but whenever they were bitten by the ants, they twitched and lost their balance. It was really hard to watch nature unfold. Kiddo tried to move the bees to a different spot, but since they were crawling with at least two ants each, I don't know if it worked.
If you look closely, you might spot an #ant on the bee.
I also dug up a toad under the strawberries by accident, but that's for another WildlifeWednesday episode. 🐸
#InsektenSamstag #InsectSaturday #Andrena #Sandbiene #Biene #Bienen #insect #Insekt #insects #Insekten #nature #Natur #pollinators
Last week, I set up a new patch in the garden and replanted my herbs and strawberries from the old plot. But oh, the drama! As I removed the edging stones and plants from the old patch, I uncovered loads of #ants. (Since some of them made their way into the house, I assume the whole garden is one giant ant colony. 😅) Anyway, I accidentally dug up a few #miningBees as well (sorry little ones, feel free to settle in the new plot!), and then I watched a death match between two #bees and an army of ants. The bees tried to flee from the ant territory, but whenever they were bitten by the ants, they twitched and lost their balance. It was really hard to watch nature unfold. Kiddo tried to move the bees to a different spot, but since they were crawling with at least two ants each, I don't know if it worked.
If you look closely, you might spot an #ant on the bee.
I also dug up a toad under the strawberries by accident, but that's for another WildlifeWednesday episode. 🐸
#InsektenSamstag #InsectSaturday #Andrena #Sandbiene #Biene #Bienen #insect #Insekt #insects #Insekten #nature #Natur #pollinators
Maikel de BakkerBefore heading back to our hotel, we returned to ’t Zwaantje—good food, warm light, and a well-earned rest after a long day. Sitting outside in the spring sun, something small joined us at the table: a mining bee, genus Andrena (metselbij in Dutch).
While most would simply enjoy the moment, I saw an opportunity.
My Canon 5DSR was within reach—as usual—so I quickly swapped from the Sigma 24–70mm Art to the Canon MP-E 65mm. From that moment on, it became a different kind of scene. I dropped low and went full paparazzi.
Christel laughed. “Are you trying to kill it?” she joked, watching me fire shot after shot.
And honestly, I understood how it looked.
But macro at this level is unforgiving. At high magnification, depth of field becomes razor-thin—sometimes less than a millimeter. Every breath, every slight movement shifts focus from perfect to lost. Shooting in bursts isn’t excess; it’s necessity.
Andrena bees are solitary ground-nesters, often overlooked compared to honeybees, yet essential pollinators in early spring ecosystems.
So there I was—chasing sharpness on a creature most people wouldn’t even notice.
A quiet moment at a table, turned into a study of life at the smallest scale.
#MiningBee #Andrena #Metselbij #MacroPhotography #ExtremeMacro #Canon5DSR #MPE65 #InsectPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #CloseUpNature #TinyWorlds #DepthOfField #MacroLife #SpringSun #Pollinators #BeePhotography #NatureLovers #InTheField #OutdoorMoments #BehindTheScenes #PhotographyLife #PatienceAndPractice #NatureObservation #HiddenNature #FieldMoments #VisualStorytelling #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
While most would simply enjoy the moment, I saw an opportunity.
My Canon 5DSR was within reach—as usual—so I quickly swapped from the Sigma 24–70mm Art to the Canon MP-E 65mm. From that moment on, it became a different kind of scene. I dropped low and went full paparazzi.
Christel laughed. “Are you trying to kill it?” she joked, watching me fire shot after shot.
And honestly, I understood how it looked.
But macro at this level is unforgiving. At high magnification, depth of field becomes razor-thin—sometimes less than a millimeter. Every breath, every slight movement shifts focus from perfect to lost. Shooting in bursts isn’t excess; it’s necessity.
Andrena bees are solitary ground-nesters, often overlooked compared to honeybees, yet essential pollinators in early spring ecosystems.
So there I was—chasing sharpness on a creature most people wouldn’t even notice.
A quiet moment at a table, turned into a study of life at the smallest scale.
#MiningBee #Andrena #Metselbij #MacroPhotography #ExtremeMacro #Canon5DSR #MPE65 #InsectPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #CloseUpNature #TinyWorlds #DepthOfField #MacroLife #SpringSun #Pollinators #BeePhotography #NatureLovers #InTheField #OutdoorMoments #BehindTheScenes #PhotographyLife #PatienceAndPractice #NatureObservation #HiddenNature #FieldMoments #VisualStorytelling #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens
MauzegrafieSchönen #Bienstag, Ihr Lieben.
Heute mal eine nicht näher bestimmte pollenpanierte #Sandbiene auf #Löwenzahn
#nature #insects #insect #macro #macrophotography #bees #beesofthefediverse #naturephotography #natur #naturfotografie #arthropods #canon #naturegarden #naturgarten #dandelion #andrena
Heute mal eine nicht näher bestimmte pollenpanierte #Sandbiene auf #Löwenzahn
#nature #insects #insect #macro #macrophotography #bees #beesofthefediverse #naturephotography #natur #naturfotografie #arthropods #canon #naturegarden #naturgarten #dandelion #andrena
