Bees
Another scorcher! 92 degrees! Not a cloud in the sky!
Incredible.
The hot weather brings out all the flowers, which brings out
all the bees. We have a pretty - and massive - patch of lavender in our
garden and it is a popular spot for honey bees - and this monstrous
Bumblebee.
I thought it would be fun to practice shooting photographs with
my fun little macro lens. Look at all the orange pollen this busy worker has
gathered.
Look at this guy (gal?) - his face is buried inside the
flower to get the pollen.
I have heard human civilization could not survive without
bees cross-pollinating our agriculture. Still, they are a little
creepy-looking.
Yet oddly beautiful.
And quite kind. They did not mind me sticking the camera
right into their business. Actually too much "on a mission" to really notice
me at all.
Now, for something completely unrelated... but I really wanted to share this:
Mary found this in
Las Vegas and thought it needed to live with me.
Perfect!
Until my next update, I remain, your "busy as a bee"
correspondent.