Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Bumblebee in Flight



The shutter speed for this picture was 1/5000th of a second showing that this bee's wings beat more than 5,000 times per second! There are 101 species of bee found in Ireland and identification can be extremely difficult. A useful website to help in identifying Irish bees is http://www.tcd.ie/Zoology/research/Bees/index.php

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