Am I Really Here?

I just came across this photograph, it put me in the dilema, as i was thinking about the exposure.

 

Did you overexpose the picture by 2 or 3 stops?? then what about the bees????

 

Please tell me :((((

The shot was capture with a 550EX providing the flash. Yes, you're correct, the image was overexposed by two stops on a white painted field. I was in the shadows so the white field overexposed with the flash reflection and the yellow jackets were properly exposed and didn't burn out. Then to bring the yellow jackets out, I individually masked and selectively leveled each insect.