I was excited about all the honey bees at the garden the other day. I got a lot of amazing up close photos of bees pollinating different flowers around the garden.

Title: Yellow buzzz
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8 4x diopter

I love how up close and personal this photo is all the detail in the bee is amazing. This honey bee looks beautiful against the bright orange California poppy.

Title: Poppy & bee
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8 4x diopter

This bee was flying away and I got this photo of him at the last second.

Title: Pollinating
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8 4x diopter

I hope you enjoyed this collection of macro photos of honey bees.

Title: Honey bee
Location: Carpinteria, California
Camera: NIKON D80
Lens: 24-70mm f/2.8 4x diopter