Bees Before Your Very Eyes

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Photographer Anand Varma captures the first three weeks of a bee’s life. Bees are responsible for pollinating a third of the world’s food crops. Witness the eerily beautiful growth of larvae into bees in this mesmerizing time-lapse video from photographer Anand Varma. Varma said the six-month project, for which he built a beehive in his workshop, gave him a new respect for the meticulous job of beekeeping.  Be sure to stop by his website at varmaphoto.com.

Click here to read the behind the scene’s story of exactly how photographer Anand Varma made this amazing time-lapse: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2…

PHOTOGRAPHER: Anand Varma
COMPOSER: Rob Moose

Source: National Geographic