I would love for you to do a video on the actual photography process you use for your books. The photos are great. Got the western N. Am. bee book and I love it!
How do you recommend we “respect this diminishing asset?” by asset are you talking about the honey bee? Or are you limping all 20,000 bee species into one “asset?” What about the parasitic bees? Are they an asset too?
Hi thanks for the great video Once you've caught the specimen and put it in a kill jar is it OK to then just pin it out and let it dry in the pinned position or will it rot Or do you store the insects in alcohol
Hithanks for replying what is the best way to wash/clean a dirty dead bee for photography please I've just bought an dried orchid bee that I'm going to try photographing thanks
I usually collect them into a small vial with some cyanide in it, this keeps the specimens dry, which usually makes them easier to identify. I try to pin my specimens at the end of each day so they are sill soft, if I wait too long they get brittle and then I have to "relax them"
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I would love for you to do a video on the actual photography process you use for your books. The photos are great. Got the western N. Am. bee book and I love it!
Water with a few drops of pickling vinegar rather than windex for me. Works well.
Thanks, manipulating pinned bees lead to many a frustrating days (and missing pieces).
This is very cool and helpful, Thank you very much.
Ah yes. Just like a cooking show! Haha
Save the bees…. Really? Who are you kidding. Respect this diminishing asset.
How do you recommend we “respect this diminishing asset?”
by asset are you talking about the honey bee? Or are you limping all 20,000 bee species into one “asset?” What about the parasitic bees? Are they an asset too?
skip to 2.31 for the answer to the question
so i previously soaked my bee in rubbing alcohol. should i also use the relaxing chamber?
Thx for your video. Can you tell me please how can I clean hairy insects like bees and spiders with a little hairs
Skiddywampus!
Hi thanks for the great video
Once you've caught the specimen and put it in a kill jar is it OK to then just pin it out and let it dry in the pinned position or will it rot
Or do you store the insects in alcohol
Pinning directly after killing them is best, they won’t rot, they will dry out and preserve that way for hundreds of years if kept in a dry place.
Hithanks for replying what is the best way to wash/clean a dirty dead bee for photography please I've just bought an dried orchid bee that I'm going to try photographing thanks
Does this method work for shipped, freezer bees?
Yes it should work for all dry bees. Older specimens may take longer to relax.
When you collect bees in the field, do you put them directly into the alcohol solution? Or store them in tupperware, or… how?
I usually collect them into a small vial with some cyanide in it, this keeps the specimens dry, which usually makes them easier to identify. I try to pin my specimens at the end of each day so they are sill soft, if I wait too long they get brittle and then I have to "relax them"
Touched a nerve did I? I'm not playing God deciding which species should be favoured.... PS There are 20,002 species ....
How many days should be stand after repositioning sir?
Depending on how hot and dry it is where you are, I leave mine for about 24 hours to let them dry out after I reposition them
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