MONOMAD : The Story of Sweat Bees (Family Halictidae)

over 2 years ago (Edited)

This is my entry for the daily #monomad challenge hosted and curated by @monochromes

To take part in today's #monomad contest, I'd like to show you some macro photo of an insect. The insect in my post this time is one of the many types of insects that we usually know as bees, bees are types of insects that have various types and one of them is the bee that I share, the name of the bee in my post is a "sweat bees" in the family halictidae, I took a photo of this bee when I was in my friend's garden which is located in Aceh - Indonesia.

Sedikit bercerita tentany saya disini, pertama saya takut mengambil foto serangga ini, karena seperti yang sama-sama kita ketahui bahwa umumnya lebah adalah jenis serangga penyengat,

To tell a little about me here, at first I was afraid to take photos of these insects, because as we both know that generally bees are a type of stinging insect, then my friend said that he is not dangerous, and I started to venture to take this photo of the bee, maybe friends who read this article are wondering why I should be afraid when taking pictures and keep my distance,this is because I took photos using a smartphone camera and the help of a macro lens, and that requires me to stand more closely with the object I'm going to shoot, it's different if I use a DSLR and don't need to get too close when shooting.

When I started writing this article, I also took the time to read and learn about insects called bees on wikipedia, and yes! It turns out that there are indeed types of bees that don't sting or commonly called by name Stingless bee, and one of them is the sweat bee that I share in this post. But when taking this photo of bees you also need to pay attention to the condition of your own body, this is because as the name implies, sweat bees (maybe he's the type that likes to perch on sweat, may be), so if you're in a sweaty state better stay away from him, and on wikipedia it is also explained that the size of this bee is very small, which is less than 2 millimeters (0.08 inches).

Okay buddy, first I will show you some photos of bees that I took when he was alone.

_{Here when I photograph this bee myself, one of the bees seems to want to approach it}

_{And this is a photo of a bee that I took from behind}

And let's continue with another pose of this sweat bee, below are some photos of the bees when they are together.

_{Maybe he wanted to seduce the bee who was alone, or maybe he was looking for a place to pour out his heart, I don't know for sure, can only guess 😄}

_{and behold, they seem to be getting closer 😜}

_{On the other hand, I also took a photo of a moment when the two of them were close together and talking casually and the other bee seemed to be heartbroken and turned away from them both 😅}

Let them sort things out on their own, I don't want to interfere, and let's continue with some photos of sweat bees swarming.

_{I found something here, when I was taking some photos of the bees that were gathering, look, one of the bees that wanted to approach the group I managed to catch with my smartphone camera before he arrived at his destination.}

I also took a few seconds of this bee video and I turned it into a GIF format, what does the video look like? See below 🤗

Okay buddy, that's my post today on the monomad challenge, all the photos I show here were taken using a smartphone camera and the help of a macro lens, hope you guys like it, see you in my next post. 😉