My father (who was responsible for turning me on to beekeeping) is also a dentist. He had an old intraoral camera (the kind that they use to look at your teeth up close) sitting around unused, so he gave it to me to mess around with.
I’m in love. I can’t wait to get it set up with a laptop so that I can put it into my beehives!
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Being so obsessed with honeybees of late, I stumbled upon the honey ant. Amazing creatures. I highly recommend reading this article.
Image from the post by Randy C. Morgan
Myrmecologists, naturalists and bugwatchers have long been fascinated by honey ants. Colonies of these amazing insects develop specialized workers, called repletes or honeypots, with tremendously swollen abdomens for nectar storage.
via Honey Ants.
