Check out that pollen – especially the color. It doesn’t always match the color of the blossoms. I sure love spring. Even when it’s a little late. In other words, it’s begun.
Bonus: An Inadvertent Pollinator in the Catmint
Hunt’s Bumble and an Agastache
Bonus: First Butterfly of 2022!
In Flight – In Catmint
Rain and Cold Again – So More on the Rock Cress
Sweat Bee – So Very Tiny
Amid the Rock Cress
These poor little flowers have the habit of looking pretty nasty pretty fast – especially when you look at the blossoms. But when seen from a distance, they’re a really remarkable (contiguous-looking) ground cover. And they are such a persistent little thing, too. Great bee amid them today!
No Bee Shooting Today…
This one Fell from the Dandelion
Similar looking bees – same temperature, light, etc., and some are as wild and fast and spastic as hummingbirds – while others are logy and even slower than the most sluggish bumbles. Not sure why that is. This little one fell off a dandelion into the lawn and wasn’t in much of a hurry to get going again. But I got a good look at her and it’s an interesting shot. She ended up climbing up a blade and taking flight and started feeding again. But even then, a slow mover. I do like different looks, though, and a not-on-a-blossom bee is a neat one for today. The layering of the grass with her and her parts is neat, too.