<p>The odd case of Bombus citrinus.  This species is a nest parasite on other Bumble Bees and as is the case in many, if perhaps not all,  the parasitic species it has an unusually long top of the head...in other words the distance from the ocelli to the back of the head is longer than in other species.  Collected by Tim McMahon in Cecil county and photographed by Colby Francouer. 
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All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
</p><p><br><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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The grass so little has to do, 
A sphere of simple green,
With only butterflies to brood,
And bees to entertain,
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<pre>         - Emily Dickinson
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</p><p><br><b>Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use?  Well now here you go Citizen:</b>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.photomacrography.net/">www.photomacrography.net/</a>
</p><p><br><b>Contact information:</b>  
Sam Droege  
sdroege@usgs.gov
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301 497 5840
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/54563451@N08">USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab</a> from Beltsville, Maryland, USA
2015-03-21 16:58
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/16286317524/">Bombus citrinus, Male, Face, Cecil County,MD_2013-11-14-09.29.06 ZS PMax</a>