While inspecting my beehives this morning, I was struck by the mosaic of differently-colored pollen packed in the brood nest. I quickly grabbed my camera, assembled an impromtu field studio, and took the following capture:
Bees mix incoming pollen with honey to form a sort of “bee bread” that serves as protein-rich food for developing larvae. The various colors reflect the source plants.
On uploading this image to facebook, several people inquired about prints. So I am temporarily bringing back the 70%-off sale pricing for just this photo, and just until June 12th. If you’d like pollen to hang on your wall, visit here and click the “buy” button:
http://www.alexanderwild.com/Art/Honeycomb/29875596_HHPkn5#!i=2562848859&k=3BW9dj6
I recommend the lustre paper and the 3/4″ standout mount.
photo details:
Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 7D
ISO 800, f/11, 1/250 sec
Single strobe bounced off white surface overhead
offtop:
have you seen these alien photos of blue honey?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/pictures/121011-blue-honey-honeybees-animals-science/
Indeed. The candy honey reminded me of: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30bigcity.html
This looks like a man-made home accent to go with the “stressed” furniture that’s so popular right now. You can see the rust on the iron frame. Is this available as a wine rack?
My bees do their best to follow current fashion, Terry.