uploading pictures

The only way I can upload an image is through Fire Fox. It simply won't happen with Internet Explorer.

Then use Firefox!

Internet Explorer is so last year . . . ;-)

Resin

I'm using Internet Explorer 11 (it came with the Windows 8.1 update) and it has no trouble uploading pictures.

ZM

Wow, Zen_Man,

Totally OT, but your close up there shows a furry, cuddly side of bees which most of us probably never see or appreciate. But for the antennae, wings, and insect-style feet that little guy could almost pass for a teddy bear. Nice Pics.

I only use Firefox these days - haven't touched IE in years - so I can't weigh in on the file upload problem. Never had a problem uploading with FF. Just had to comment on that flying teddy bear.

Glad you like the bumblebee pic. When I am in my zinnia garden cross-pollinating my zinnias, I come into close contact with them and they seem to just ignore me. Which is fine with me, because I understand they can inflict a bad sting. But they seem almost tame, and are quite fuzzy.

I also have had no problem uploading pictures with FireFox, which is up to version 25 now. However, I access the Internet via HughesNet, which is a satellite uplink/downlink service, and connection problems with HughesNet are fairly frequent. In my experience, IE 11 handles those problems more gracefully than FF 25 . On several occasions in FF a connection glitch has caused me to lose the text of a message I was composing, while IE has gotten me out of those situations with no loss of composed text. I am OK in FF if I remember to Select All and Copy before I hit the Send button, but sometimes I forget that precaution, so I feel safer in IE. Also, "they" say IE has better security features, although I can't attest to that.

ZM

Interesting info on FF, IE, & HughesNet. Good to know. I use a MacBook most of time so can't use IE. I've used it a lot at work though. With my ISP, I've not had any problems, and FF actually performed better in terms of saving my work (during crashes and such); however, I've not used IE for a couple years now and thus have not used the latest version(s).

I've worked in close proximity to bees of various types, too, and never had a problem. I stick my hands right down into plants (boltonia, aster, magnolia, etc) loaded with countless bees. I ignore them, and they ignore me. It has long been my contention that most 'normal' bees (don't know about the Africanized varieties as we don't have those - yet), are fine around people as long as the people do not panic and start flailing their arms in the air and at the bees. That's what gets people stung IMHO. I have noticed that the type of bee in your picture seems to get especially sleepy late in the afternoon, perhaps from all that sugar/nectar. I often find them napping and almost comatose late in the day, curled up in magnolia blooms and such.

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"I often find them napping and almost comatose late in the day, curled up in magnolia blooms and such."

I often see a bumblebee that spent the night sleeping on a zinnia bloom. And, very rarely, a honeybee doing the same thing. A garden can be an interesting ecosystem.

ZM