🐝 Busy Bees - Macro photography by w0olf 📷

Hey guys,

today was a very sunny and hot day.
So I decided to go outside and test my new macro extension tubes 😎

Look at this busy bees, working the whole day!

I found soo many bees around in my neighbourhood.
And I´m really glad about it. Why? I will tell you:

Bees pollinate a third of everything we eat and play a vital role in sustaining the planet’s ecosystems. Some 84% of the crops grown for human consumption – around 400 different types of plants – need bees and other insects to pollinate them to increase their yields and quality. These include most fruits and vegetables, many nuts, and plants such as rapeseed and sunflowers that are turned into oil, as well as cocoa beans, coffee and tea. Crops grown as fodder for dairy cows and other livestock are also pollinated by bees. And it’s not only food crops that rely on bee pollination, cotton does as well. As a result, annual global crop pollination by bees is estimated to be worth $170bn.

(Source: theguardian.com)

But beyond their monetary value for maintaining our fragile food supply, bees also make an invaluable contribution to ecosystems around the world. Seeds, fruits and berries eaten by birds and small mammals are all from plants that are pollinated by bees, making them guardians of the food chain and the biodiversity of our species.

Was really fun to observe this little Bee-ple ;)

All this pictures are shot with my canon EOS 500D, 18-55mm Kit Lens and mostly with a 21mm Macro extension tube. (some even with more)

What is an macro extension tube?

Extension is the term used to describe the distance that the front element of your lens can be moved forwards. The further forward the element, the closer your lens can focus to your subject.

Extension tubes work by increasing the extension of your lenses. An extension tube is a hollow, light-tight tube that fits between your lens and your camera mount. It moves your lens further from the camera, and the front element closer to the subject. The closer you can focus, the more magnification you get.

Picture source: photographylife.com

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Have a great day and steem on! ✌️😉

Cheers,
@w0olf