Bees

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:16 am

Just wanted to share these pictures my brother (a professional photographer, and it shows compared to the crap I usually post on here) took yesterday:

Talented git.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:18 am

Wow! The motion-blurred wings are incredible!

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:15 am

Yes, those really are beautful shots. I agree about "talented git". Let's string 'im up!

djm

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:43 am

Cool little Belushi suits! I'd like to meet their tailor!

The Sporting Pitchfork · Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:28 am

I like my women like I like my coffee...Covered in bees!!! Aaaaaaarrrrgggh!!!!!

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:14 am

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:I like my women like I like my coffee...Covered in bees!!! Aaaaaaarrrrgggh!!!!!

OK... that ones' gonna take some 'splainin'...

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:27 am

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:I like my women like I like my coffee...Covered in bees!!! Aaaaaaarrrrgggh!!!!!

http://www.zug.com/gab/index.cgi?func=v ... d_id=43995

djm · Post by **djm** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:20 pm

I'll bet SpFk just loved that movie "The Wicker Man".

djm

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:06 pm

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:I like my women like I like my coffee...Covered in bees!!! Aaaaaaarrrrgggh!!!!!

Beekeepers, yes… They've gotta want to be – "I want to be a beekeeper! I wanna keep bees! Don't wanna let them get away; I wanna keep them! They have too much freedom … I want bees on elastic, so when they get pollen, they come back here! My father was a beekeeper before me, his father was a beekeeper before him; I wanna walk in their footsteps … and their footsteps were like this: [running wildly from imaginary bees] 'Aaargh! I'm covered in bees! Aah! Covered in bees!'" 'Cause that's your job, isn't it? They must lose it – beekeepers must lose it occasionally. You know, you're there, you've got the netting, you've got 2,000 bees … "raarzzz-bzzzzz" … and essentially you're trying to steal honey. "Bzzzzz!" "Morning! Morning! Morning! Hello, hello! Knock-knock, coming in! Hello! … Look! There's a Ferrari over there – can you see that Ferrari? [stealing the honey] Yes, it's going very fast, isn't it? Well, good morning, thank you!" They must be walking back with all these bees around, and at some point, they must go: "What the (bleep) am I doing? I'm covered in bees! Help! I'm covered in bees!" And you don't get the normal perks of a normal job, like people who work in an office; they have other people there, you can flirt, you know? You go: "Hey! Oh, you're new here, aren't you? How are you getting on? Do you want a coffee? I was gonna go get a coffee – I can get you a coffee … You know, I like my coffee like I like my women – in a plastic cup!" [does double-take] Beekeepers can't do that! 2,000 bees: "bzzzzz" … "Hello there, you in the street! You're new, aren't you?" "Huh?" "Do you want a cup of coffee? It's no problem!" "Bzzzzz …" "No real problem …" "I don't want a cup of coffee from you! You're covered in bees!" "I-I like my women like I like my coffee, er, covered in bees! [to the bees] All right, back off, back off! Argh!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:12 pm

Great pictures.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:08 pm

chrisoff wrote:Just wanted to share these pictures my brother (a professional photographer)... took yesterday:

Very cool-- does he have a website where we can see more of his stuff?

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:22 pm

Somewhat OT, but my favorite bee story--
When I had a job at the Purdue herbarium I met a lot of graduate students from other countries, doing research in agricultural topics. One guy was from Brazil. He told me he was out in the field one time, not rainforest but still a pretty wild area. They banged into a nest of bees in a stump. Africanized bees are a big hazard in Brazil and when he heard the bees coming towards him he yelled and he and his friends took off in a panic, tripping on logs, stumbling into a creek, falling over each other. Sort of Keystone Cops if it weren't so scary. He could see more and more bees coming closer and closer, and as the bees caught up to him his life flashed before his eyes. Then they landed on him--

turned out they were stingless bees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee

(They bite and are annoying, but aren't dangerous. Like thinking you're being chased by pit bulls and it's actually a pack of enraged chihuahuas

)

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:28 pm

Caroluna wrote:
chrisoff wrote:Just wanted to share these pictures my brother (a professional photographer)... took yesterday:

Very cool-- does he have a website where we can see more of his stuff?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidofficer/

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:36 pm

djm wrote:I'll bet SpFk just loved that movie "The Wicker Man".

Ewww...that movie was terrible

Your brother takes great pictures, chrisoff. The colors are so vibrant! No matter how hard I try, mine always look absolutely horrendous. So I always envy those that are able to take such beautiful pictures.

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:47 pm

You're a twin????

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