Monday, March 09, 2009

Pudgy bees


I discovered these pudgy golden bees tending their nest in a termite infestation on the side of a 200 year old Brazil nut tree. You'll need to enlarge the images to get a better view of them.

2 comments:

Aging Ophelia said...

Amazing how day to day their life is... and how exotic to us.

cebaehren said...

Melipona rufiventris -uruçú amarelha