<p>Yellow Bee: Yellow Pollen : Andrena hirticincta : Maine : Agriculture field edges.  This is a fall bee, a bee of goldenrod and aster.  How nice.  Collected By Brianne Du Clos and photographed by Dejen Mengis.
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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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<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>Art Photo Book:  Bees:  An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html?google_preview_products_28954=1">www.qbookshop.com/products/216627/9780760347386/Bees.html...</a>
</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.
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</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:
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or 
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</p><p>Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
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</p><p><b>Contact information:</b>  
Sam Droege  
sdroege@usgs.gov
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/24317181220/">Andrena hirticincta , f, side, Maine, Du Clos_2015-12-01-11.37</a>