Excellent photo give the depth of field restrictions, really well done. 
Cheers
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Excellent pics, third and fourth one have very nice compositional appeal as well - you could submit those to Nat Geo 
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Your photos are like a piece of art work. Suggest you get them published! 
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Thanks @Peter48, @Eva and @Dawn_SD. I’m glad you liked them!
That is quite a common bee around here, and a fair bit larger than a honey bee. I enjoy observing them at my insect hotel.
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Great macro shots Ryan, How many shots didn’t make the cut to get that six?
To even get one macro shot is a credit to your ability with a camera. Well done mate.
Cheers
WOW AMAZING! The hairy little girls are fantastic!
Sometimes the shot just lands in your lap.
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I watched the whole 44 seconds…
I would love to have read the bees mind, obviously something got her attention.
Cheers Mike
Thanks Fred and Peter. She kept it up for a solid three minutes and didn’t seem bothered by the close proximity of the iPad I used to video her.
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I shot this little video after I rehoused three cutouts into my apiary. This was the day of the last colony just outside their new hive.
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That is a nicely packed hive! Did you super it or split it?
I have got a super on the hive, from the back window you could not see the bees in the super but they were in the middle frames.
This particular colony had two queens for some time, did not see this time but the second queen does pop up sometimes.
I have started to use split boards when I have swarm cells and split the colony to prevent swarming.
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