<p>Power...This is Bombus citrinus, a female just emerged from where she hibernated overwinter and looking for the new nests of a queen bumblebee, note the sting on the prominent tail end of this bee, she uses that to eliminate or paralyze the female of another bumblebee, taking over the nest and essentially enslaving the daughters of the queen to now raise her young.  I love looking at these pictures the bee is pristine, her eyes luminous and that with the curves color and layout really draw me in.  Bee captured at the Pickering Creek BioBlitz in Talbot County, Maryland.
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</p><p>All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
</p><p><b>Photography Information: </b>Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens,  Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler,  F5.0,  ISO 100,  Shutter Speed 200
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Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
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<pre>        " Ode on a Grecian Urn"
                      John Keats
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</p><p>You can also follow us on Instagram account USGSBIML     <b>Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:</b>
</p><p>Basic USGSBIML set up:
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY">www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY</a>
</p><p>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.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4</a>
</p><p>PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:  
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf">ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf</a>
</p><p>Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo">plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo</a>
or 
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU">www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU</a>
</p><p>Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.photomacrography.net/">www.photomacrography.net/</a>
</p><p><b>Contact information:</b>  
Sam Droege  
sdroege@usgs.gov
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301 497 5840
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