BeeSip

When you think of an ecosystem, what comes to mind: a rainforest, a mountain range, maybe a desert? Well, this tiny ecosystem is teeming with life and hosts one of the smallest bees in the world, as well as one of the fastest land animals relative to its size. #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #firebreak #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #perditaminima #beesip #ashmeadiella #ceratina #dialictus

Relocating a colony of hundreds of Bombus sonorus bumblebees in the middle of the night with @itsanadamadventure and @thebeeamigos Part 2 of 2 #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #cygnustechdiffuser #nativebees #bees #pollinators  #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram  #pollinators #conservationphotography #nikon #bumblebees #bombussonorus #sonoranbumblebees #hiverelocation #beesting #hive #colony #beesip

Relocating a colony of hundreds of Bombus sonorus bumble bees in the middle of the night with @thebeeamigos and @itsanadamadventure Part 1 of 2 #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #cygnustechdiffuser #nativebees #bees #pollinators  #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram  #pollinators #conservationphotography #nikon #bumblebees #bombussonorus #sonoranbumblebees #hiverelocation #beesting #hive #colony #beesip

This front yard is home to thousands of native bees. Diadasia laticauda bees have transformed a firebreak into a massive nesting site. #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #firebreak #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #diadasia #beesip #diadasialaticauda #diggerbees

BEEing tucked into a flower bed. #timelapse #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #nikonusa #beesip #apricotmallows #mallows #diadasia

Calliopsis fracta bees hide their burrow entrances, but the cuckoo bee, Oreopasites vanduzeei, can still sniff them out and slip inside. #cygnustechdiffuser #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #calliopsis #oreopasites #cuckoobees #kleptoparasites #cleptoparasites #parasites #nikonusa #beesip #WildlifePhotography

Meet the Megachile montivaga (Silver-tailed Petalcutter bee)! She wraps her babies in soft flower petals. #cygnustechdiffuser #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #petalcutterbees #megachile #inaturalist #salvia #nikonusa #beesip #WildlifePhotography

Alongside a road in the desert, Ghost Flowers (Mohavea confertiflora) mimic the appearance of Sand Blazing Star Flowers (Mentzelia involucrata) with females in them, tricking male bees into trying to mate with them. #cygnustechdiffuser #macrophotography #natgeo #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #bee #insects #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #conservationphotography #PBSSoCal #nikon #xeralictus #ghostflower #inaturalist #mentzelia #nikonusa #beesip #WildlifePhotography

Dianthidium (pebble bees) creating nests with snail shells belonging to Tryonia porrecta (Desert Tryonia) and Pyrgulopsis longinqua (Salton Sea Springsnail). #cygnustechdiffuser #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #dianthidium #pebblebees #inaturalist #coloradodesert #saltonsea #beesip

While visiting Borrego Springs in Southern California's Colorado Desert, I filmed Lasioglossum (Dialictus) bees going about their day. This species of Dialictus is primitively eusocial, similar to eusocial bees like bumble bees, meaning they live in a colony with a queen/foundress and workers. However, these colonies are smaller than those, and visually, the workers and the foundress can look indistinguishable. Workers can help the foundress raise her brood, but may also focus on raising their own offspring. Shout out to @j.dingdingding for filming me. #cygnustechdiffuser #insect #macrophotography #natgeo #macro #entomology #nativebees #bees #pollinators #insectphotography #flowers #savethebees #insectphotography #bee #insects #bug #insidenatgeo #insectsofinstagram #pollinator #conservationphotography #nikon #lasioglossum #dialictus #sweatbee #verbena #burrow #borregosprings #beesip