I was taking pictures of some of the azaleas in our yard yesterday. There are lots of bees hanging around the white azaleas by our front door. These bees seem a wee bit formidable, diving bombing around the flowers and the front door. Even though I've been stung by bees in the past, I look on them with fondness rather than fear.
My mom was named Beatrice, and was always called Bea. When I see the bees, I think of my mom, and send her a greeting.
I was pleased that this bee seemed willing to hang around for my pictures. Not that he wasn't busy doing his pollen thing.
I managed one of him buzzing by the green leaves, but only one of his wings show up in the picture.
Bee Gone.... And so am I.
6 comments:
Your photos are excellent Jean. Nice to see he/she's a proper honeybee and not a bumble. Bee keepers in this area are doing a good job of encouraging the honeybees. Love the white frames around the photos against the tan.
I was saying "he" for the bees, since I've retained some probably incorrect information that the only female bee is the queen bee. Have no idea if that's true or not. I like the white frames too, which is a good thing since blogspot adds them and I doubt if I could get rid of them, even if I wanted to!
Lovely shots! The bees are out and about here too! Actually, the worker bees are female too --but non egg laying. The only males are the drones and their only job is to fertilize the queen
Vicki, Thanks for clarifying the bee gender jobs. About the males - oh, why am I not surprised that's all they have to do??
Great shots, Jean! Big bumbles busy doing their thing...head down hard at work :D
I popped over from Vicki Lane's blog. I'm always glad to find another NC blogger. I'll look forward to reading your archives.
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