These tiny honey bees are called Stingless bees. So called because unlike their other bigger honey bee counterparts, they do not have stings. However, they do have a mean bite (but tolerable) and are very hyper!
Stingless bees’ brood with adult stingless bees tending their larvae (white).
Her Majesty, the Queen Bee, regally walking on my hand. 🙂
Stingless bees are really tiny compared to other honey bees.
This week’s photo challenge involves taking photos demonstrating the concept of focus. Mine, as you can see from the three photos above, have bees in focus against a blurred background. 🙂
I will actually post a separate entry about bees and my experience taking samples for my Thesis. It’s because I still have a lot of photos from that trip and I want to share it to all of you as part of the awareness on the importance of bees and why we should protect them (because there’s a sudden drop in their numbers! 😦 ). I hope you guys read that, too.
For now, I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I’ll enjoy your entries for this week’s photo challenge! 😀
PS. Please don’t mind my dirty hands, lol. Getting my hands dirty is part of the thesis sampling experience. 😀
The Rambling Philosopher 