I have seen a lot of bumble bees this year. They are feeding on the coneflowers and also the mint blossoms that are in the area. The mint put out a great smell while looking at the coneflowers.
A second photo today that is showing the honey bee at work. I have a friend that lives across town who maintains three bee hives. I bet this guy came from one of his hives. I thought the winter would have been hard on his hives but he said they had survived. He keeps adding boxes of frames for making more honey. I also think he bought a new queen bee for one of his hives as he thought the queen he had was too old. One hundred dollars buys you a queen bee these days.
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distant cousins? ha.
These are fantastic photos, Larry. I have several blog friends who have bees/honey - that has always been interesting to me.
First time hearing about buying queen bee! Beautiful captures
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