nice shot!
Maybe it's his love's nest! :)

Wow!!!

Very cool. Looks almost like he's surfing on air.

How very curious! I know leaf-cutter ants do this; they grow fungi on the leaves after chewing them up and mixing them with their saliva. But bees????

It's a wonderful shot.

Anastasia

Great job Moe, you're pretty fast on the trigger there bud. My guess is one of two things, food, or cold weather is makin' him insulate.LOL

An amazing shot Moe ... looks like the insect is hovering & doing some stunts on a leaf (like skateboarding). The clarity & detail is spot on ... thanks for the big smile. Definitely fun!!!!

Fabulous macro shot Moe ! That little guy looks intent upon his errand all right ! Nicely done !

Nice image, looks like the twig is reaching out.

WOW.. what a great action shot... perfect... looks like he is leafboarding... lol.. wonderful colour and great closeup... well done Moe

This picture so piqued my curiosity that I did a litte research and here is what I found out:

Leafcutter bees are not aggressive and sting only when handled. Their sting is very mild, much less painful than that of honeybees or yellowjacket wasps.
Leafcutter bees are solitary bees, meaning that they don't produce colonies as do social insects (honeybees, yellowjackets, ants, etc.). Instead, individual female leafcutter bees do all the work of rearing. This includes digging out nesting areas, creating nest cells and providing their young with food. Adult females may live up to two months and lay some 35 to 40 eggs during this time.
Leafcutter bees nest in soft, rotted wood; thick-stemmed, pithy plants (e.g., rose); and in similar materials that the bees can easily cut through and excavate. Nest tunnels may extend several inches deep and coarse sawdust may be deposited at the entrance. This sometimes causes confusion with other wood nesting insects such as carpenter ants. However, leafcutter bees restrict their tunneling to soft, rotted wood and do not cause damage to homes or other wooden structures.
There also are concerns about leafcutter bee nesting in rose canes, excavating the pith of pruned canes. Leafcutter bees sometimes nest in the largest diameter rose canes but cause little damage because they restrict tunneling to the pith and rarely girdle cambium. Furthermore, other insects, including various hunting wasps (Pemphredon species) and small carpenter bees more commonly tunnel and nest in rose canes.
After the nest is made, the bees collect fragments of leaves to construct individual nest cells. The bees cut leaves in a distinctive manner, making a smooth semicircular cut about 3/4 inch in diameter from the edge of leaves. Although they cut many types of leaves, leafcutter bees prefer certain types, notably rose, green ash, lilac and Virginia creeper. This injury often is only a minor curiosity. However, where leafcutter bees are abundant and concentrate on cultivated plantings, the removal of leaf tissues can be damaging. Serious damage most often occurs in isolated rural plantings.
Leafcutter bees do not eat the cut pieces of leaves that they remove. Instead, they carry them back to the nest and use them to fashion nest cells within the previously constructed tunnels. Then they provision each leaf-lined cell with a mixture of nectar and pollen. The female lays an egg and seals the cell, producing a finished nest cell that somewhat resembles a cigar butt. A series of closely packed cells are produced in sequence. A finished nest tunnel may contain a dozen or more cells forming a tube 4 to 8 inches long. The young bees develop and remain within the cells, emerging the next season.

Anastasia

That was a lucky capture Moe! This is very well focused and just totally amazing! Great job bud!..=)

Crazy capture Moe!! Way to go!! Very interesting little fellow!!

The old saw "a picture is worth a thousand words" is seldom true. Not only is this a cool shot but a lesson in entomology. Thanks for tickling our thinking bone.

Anyone who can catch an insect in mid-flight gets high marks from me.

WHOA!!!!!!! How amazing this is! I have never seen anything like it! You have an award winning shot right here!

wow .. I wouldn't have been fast enough to catch this .. even in S-L-O-W _ M-O

Just like me ,&KEIFER. Really great capture, so sharp! Very nice!

that is more that a good shot,
thats amazing its not every day that you see a
photo like that,
Top Notch my friend..

What a brilliant shot. I love it.

simply amazing ! <3