Donald J. MuskM to MicroscopyEnglish · 27 days agoPersonal project: Domestic honeybee (Apis mellifera)imagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1imagePersonal project: Domestic honeybee (Apis mellifera)Donald J. MuskM to MicroscopyEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
Taken with my SW350T Compound Trinocular Microscope. Taken at 10x. Domestic honeybee (Apis mellifera) leg and claw.
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoCrazy how translucent it is
minus-squareDonald J. MuskOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-227 days agoRight? This summer I am going to try to get one with pollen on it. But only if I find one dead. I don’t wanna be killing no honeybee!
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoNice. I just have a shitty samsung but it has a macro lens I like to take pictures of bugs with.
minus-squareDonald J. MuskOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoI almost went that route! But I wanted to take part in some citizen scientist projects, so I decided to splurge and get a real one.
Crazy how translucent it is
Right? This summer I am going to try to get one with pollen on it. But only if I find one dead. I don’t wanna be killing no honeybee!
Nice. I just have a shitty samsung but it has a macro lens I like to take pictures of bugs with.
I almost went that route! But I wanted to take part in some citizen scientist projects, so I decided to splurge and get a real one.