Some of yopu may remember that earlier this summer I posted about a particular ladder stand I hung last winter only to find out that it has a bee hive in one of the limbs (an old cottonwood).

I contemplated trying to kill bees but input from the such as Germ and DukeMichaels reminded me of how important bees are and not to kill them. So I didn't. But moving the stand is not an option in that trees big enough to hunt out of in our area are few and far between.

Rather, I chose to wait until we had a cold spell and freeze so they would go dormant. I hunted it this past weekend and while the activity is miniscule compared to the summer's activities, it was not completely dormant on a warm fall day. But knowing this, I took a Macro lens with me and had as much fun as I can remember with my camera.

Here are a few of my favorite pics from this weekend.

man you couldn't pay my allergic a$$ to climb up in that tree!!!! cool pics .........gave me the willys though!![8D]

Thanks for sharing the pictures! I enjoy looking at them. By the way, what type of insect is the one that has some red on it?

Those pictures are breathtaking. What kind of camera are you using and which macro lens? Thank you for sharing.

Jack as usual you have put some awesome photo's up again...Thanks for sharing!!!

those pictures are great man thanks for sharing
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Nice pics, jackflap. What camera and lens are you using?

Spectacular pictures and great use of the settings on that camera

those are some awesome pics

we call em box elders...i could be wrong tho.