Stingless Bee - Trigona carbonaria

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I have been trying to get a pic of this little bee in focus for years they are so tiny 4mm and always on the go its near impossible to get a decent pic bearing in mind they are as small as a ant.. Today I managed to get a few pics of this busy little bee.

Trigona carbonaria Stingless Bee: These are Australian Native Honey Bees:






Amazing how they carry all the pollen back to the hives on their legs:
To give you an idea of their size from this cropped pic
They are 4mm and this bee pic is 125mm.



Not that many insects around today though I did find this fly




Maybe they are hiding under these toadstools, they are popping up everywhere..

Fabulous photos, Mary-Anne...do you have to have a steady hand when taking such shots? Or do you use a small tripod?

I've got a hive in the backyard.

Well Done on those bee pics MA you have waited a long time for shots like that.
I those little red fungi.

Oh yes Fay any macro pic has to be taken with a steady hand and that is something I dont have.. I do have a tripod but I only use it when taking telephoto pics of the moon, what I use every day is a monopod only one leg its great for taking places as tripods are too awkward at times especially mine as I need a light weight one..

BL Hey that's great lucky you I wish we had one in our garden somewhere..

And I patiently waited today Gwen for one to come on that Iceberg Rose..
I those two bees of yours they are so cute ...

Cute bee. My father used to have a hive of them too.

You should try and see if you can find their hive... it won't be too far away.

Oh really I wonder where it is, only problem Gail is there are so many very tall gum trees all around our area and not that many flowers so perhaps they only come here to eat. I will research and find out more on what or where to look for it...

Thanks for that Gail..

The bee looks more inviting than the blowie

You are right there Cheryl, shame I could not find anything else plenty of skinks but they are too fast..

No luck involved with mine, I bought it.

I can't remember but think they only travel a couple of hundred metres from their hive.

My father found his in his paddock - the hollow branch it was in fell out of a tree so he fixed it to a stake. He used to also have bee hives as well.

Their foraging distance is about 500 metres.

Oh I see BL.. 500 mts too many trees here.

Gail they could be among any of the hundreds of tall Gum trees on the Logan River bank across the road or growing in the neighbours garden then, maybe I well never find them

They may be 500m away but then they may only be 50m away. 500m is their extreme range, they only fly that far if they can't find anything closer. The more you see of them, the closer they are likely to be.

OK I will keep my eye out for them, but I am not climbing any trees though

And I have been seeing them for years..