| Keywords: colletes colletidae apidae bee hymenoptera colletes validus colletesvalidus taxonomy:binomial=colletes validus taxonomy:binomial=colletesvalidus biml usgs usgsbiml droege prince george's county princegeorgescounty maryland blueberry native bee nativebee Look at the veryyyyyyy long distance from the bottom of the compound eye to the mandible base (technically this is called the malar space).  Few bees show this long a head and it is nearly distinctive within Colletes at least in the north.  This is a species that likes to hang out around blueberries and other Vaccinium type things.  It tends to clump its nests together and it relatively uncommon to find.  Photography by Brooke Alexander and Photoshopping by Elizabeth Garcia.                    ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~   All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.   Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 200mm Pentax-m with Nikon 10X infinity microscope objective lens mounted on front ,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.6,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    Love for Other Things   It’s easy to love a deer But try to care about bugs and scrawny trees Love the puddle of lukewarm water From last week’s rain. Leave the mountains alone for now. Also the clear lakes surrounded by pines. People are lined up to admire them. Get close to the things that slide away in the dark. Be grateful even for the boredom That sometimes seems to involve the whole world. Think of the frost That will crack our bones eventually.        -  Tom Hennen    You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/   Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840    Look at the veryyyyyyy long distance from the bottom of the compound eye to the mandible base (technically this is called the malar space).  Few bees show this long a head and it is nearly distinctive within Colletes at least in the north.  This is a species that likes to hang out around blueberries and other Vaccinium type things.  It tends to clump its nests together and it relatively uncommon to find.  Photography by Brooke Alexander and Photoshopping by Elizabeth Garcia.                    ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~   All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.   Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 200mm Pentax-m with Nikon 10X infinity microscope objective lens mounted on front ,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.6,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200    Love for Other Things   It’s easy to love a deer But try to care about bugs and scrawny trees Love the puddle of lukewarm water From last week’s rain. Leave the mountains alone for now. Also the clear lakes surrounded by pines. People are lined up to admire them. Get close to the things that slide away in the dark. Be grateful even for the boredom That sometimes seems to involve the whole world. Think of the frost That will crack our bones eventually.        -  Tom Hennen    You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:   Basic USGSBIML set up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY   USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique:  Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4   PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:   ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf   Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques: plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo or  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU   Excellent Technical Form on Stacking: www.photomacrography.net/   Contact information:   Sam Droege   sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840 |