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…Are definitely not cute or fluffy!
Excellent detail in this shot Phil. Though this is actually a Honey Bee, not a wasp :-)
@Stephen – Damn, that’s why they were hovering around with the huge bumble (?) bees. Well they’re ugly bastards anyway :)
They’re not the prettiest, but they make the best honey in the country – that’s for sure!
[...] to the wasp/honey bee incident a couple of days ago, I have no idea what this plant is called, there was no label; there [...]
Honey bees are totally awesome. And endangered, at this point in time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Colony_Collapse
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Excellent detail in this shot Phil. Though this is actually a Honey Bee, not a wasp :-)
@Stephen – Damn, that’s why they were hovering around with the huge bumble (?) bees. Well they’re ugly bastards anyway :)
They’re not the prettiest, but they make the best honey in the country – that’s for sure!
[...] to the wasp/honey bee incident a couple of days ago, I have no idea what this plant is called, there was no label; there [...]
Honey bees are totally awesome. And endangered, at this point in time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Colony_Collapse