Honeybee Photography by Kozmic Dreams

My Digital Photography of

Honeybees

The following bees were photographed in the Metro-Detroit area, unless otherwise noted.

I have noticed a recent decline in the number of honeybees in my geographical area in southeastern Michigan. Most of these photos are not macros and may not be as crisp as I would like. They are just meant to document honey bees in the area.

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Backyard, October 1, 2019

Kosch Headwaters Preserve, September 8, 2019

I was happy to see the fields of goldenrod were full of honeybees, many with collected pollen on their legs like the one in these photos. I would estimate seeing about 1 bee per 2 square feet.

Pinckney State Park (Pickerel Lake), September 1, 2019

This honey bee was on purple loosetrife near the Lake.

Backyard, August 1, 2019

Honeybees on Stone Crop Flowers, September 14, 2009 (Macro)

Strangely enough, after over 3 years of taking digital macro photography, I had not encountered a honey bee until September 14, 2009. My neighbor at my old house just planted these flowers that I found out were called stone crop. They were small bushes about a foot in diameter and each one had about 20 bees on it. The bees moved quickly, but because there were so many, it was easy to get a lot of good photographs.