The Hum of Bees

The hum of bees
is the voice
of the garden.
...Elizabeth Lawrence

This was one of the biggest bees I have ever seen! It was HUGE and flying in and out of all the lillies across the street. It was constantly moving so hard to photograph. I was trying to remain calm as it was flying around me.

My guess is that it was a Carpenter Bee. They are nectar and pollen feeders and are drawn to a variety of open blossoms like these daylillies.

I am NOT calm though as I have found a Yellow Jacket (wasps) three times in the breakfast nook windows...on the INSIDE of our house. I am allergic to bees/wasps/poisonous insects so we will have a pest control company come over on Monday. We cannot figure out how they are getting in or where they are coming from. Yikes.

https://www.gardenia.net/guide/carpenter-bee

https://bestbees.com/2022/03/25/bee-species-types-of-bees/

[Joan Robillard]

Good capture

[Casablanca]

How delightful

[Michelle]

Lovely capture - fingers crossed they quickly find the location of the wasps

[gloria jones]

Nice textures

[Kathy]

I read just today that bumblebees are so big they actually shouldn't be able to fly (I guess according to laws of physics).

[KV]

Great quote.

[Heather]

Wow! I love the brilliant and warm colours in the sunlight! And this shot is just stunning on black! Fav! (Yikes- I was bitten last summer by a yellow jacket as I was trying to get a picture- not fun, but dangerous, clearly, if you are allergic. I hope the pest control company can solve your problem, Cathee!)

[CC Folk]

@365projectorgheatherb Thank you...I hope so too! We cannot figure it out!

[CC Folk]

@randystreat Thank you. I think Carpenter Bees might be even bigger but bumblebees are large too. Yes...I have read that about bumblebees too. :)

[Shutterbug]

I hope you have an epi pen and I hope they get rid of them soon. Nice capture of the bee.

[CC Folk]

@shutterbug49 Yes...I have two Epipens! Thanks. So far, I have never had to use one.

[carol white]

A lovely capture. Fav 😊