Some photos from my short hike on Monday morning in Kavala. Very nice weather, lots of small animals and flowers. Was definitely worth it.
Featuring: a honeybee full of pollen diving inside a prickly pear cactus flower, a panoramic view of Kavala from above with the island Thassos in the background, a cirl bunting sitting in a tree and a Greek tortoise in the middle of the path that was unfortunately afraid of my steps.
Excitement for the day. A #swarm of #bees manifested on the field outside my house in the afternoon sun. Called a local swarm collector and he came to take a look. There's 35000 bees in that clump and he's gonna help re-home them
update on the #bee swarm. the #swarm collector managed to collect the bees cleanly at 0500 this morning and said he'll drop by with a jar of #honey as thanks 😀 everyone's a winner!
World Bee Day? This is Bombus hyperboreus. She’s a brood parasite. B. hyperboreus seeks out the hives of B sylvicola or B polaris in the spring. She’ll kill the queen and let the dead queens first generation raise its young. #WorldBeeDay#bee#bumblebee#nunavut
It’s world bee day? Okay. Here’s Bombus sylvicola on Prickly Saxifrage. It also sports a couple hive mites near the base of its left wing. #WorldBeeDay#Nunavut#bee#bumblebee
I think I want to stylize these further? I think. I'm still considering. I got the watercolour vibe I was after. But I think I was hyper vigilant about making the anatomy of each bee stand out that I kind of lost a lot of the initial shapes I had. #bee#bees#NativeBee#AustralianWildlife#art#MastoArt#bug