Bumble bee, Toronto, Canada, 2 cm long, in cup. Photo by Don Tai
I heard this loud buzzing and thought my furnace had some issue, but the furnace wsa not on. It was a large bumble bee, buzzing inside my house, trying to break free. My front window was tricking it. He was beautiful.
I heard it yesterday in my house. How it found its way inside I do not know. By the time I thought of a plant to capture and release it outside, he had stopped buzzing and could not be found. Today near my front window he buzzed for a couple of seconds, then landed on the ground. I used a cup and captured it, and used a piece of stiff paper underneath to right the cup. With a transparent Pyrex plate on top I shot this macro at 3.5x.
He is beautiful, with his black and yellow fur, large at ~2 cm long, and fat. Not that I petted him, as he is not a dog. I took the picture and then released him onto one of my tulips.
Bumble bee, Toronto, Canada, 2 cm long, in cup. Photo by Don Tai
How I love macro photography!
