DSC_7849 Brian Patrick examines moths and caddis flies that gather on this 3172nd light-trapping expedition! Such expeditions may be either lone vigils, or sociable nights spent with companions - spinning yarns around a sodium light 'campfire'. Kaitorete Spit, Canterbury.
IMG_2576 Honey bee (Apis mellifera) Erin displays a frame of bees from a hive. Hanmer. European Honeybees were first introduced into New Zealand in 1839.
IMG_2570 Honey bee (Apis mellifera) Apiarist Carl Thomson examines a frame of bees from a hive at Hanmer. European Honeybees were first introduced into New Zealand in 1839.
