I rescued a bumble bee that was stuck in the chicken coop. Looks like a Western Bumble Bee, Bombus occidentalis. I also saw 4 or maybe 5 Ashy Digger bees in one clove currant bush. I'm not sure I ever saw more than one at once last year.

Bee.

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dreams don’t ask permission.

I'm seeing some honey bees on the hyacinths today. Not sure this is one of my bees, it looks a little different to what I see at the hives. One I saw yesterday getting goose water looked similar and behaved a little hotter than my bees. Lots of movement, maybe bee hand waving. Maybe Italians?

LED-illuminated honeybee in the garden
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Bee.

‘Oh, dream maker,
you heartbreaker
Wherever you're goin',
I'm goin' your way…’
Night y’all.

Dream for the ones that daren’t any more.

One Jonathan apple blossom open. It's on the 1 out of 4 branches/leaders of a Gravenstein tree. I guess some of the early Gravenstein bloom will be pollinated.

A small native pollinator on the Imperial Epineuse Plum, Prunus domestica.

He bee fly for a fuzzy guy

Wednesday morning Bee Butt

Honey bee on a clove currant.

Bee.

‘Outside another yellow moon
Punched a hole in the nighttime…’

Goodnight folks.

Dreams are the balm that soothe reality.

Unidentified black bee with pollen on the clove currants. North Central Washington State.

The Ashy Digger bee, Habropoda cineraria, on the clove currants.

Bee.

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dream daft dreams of peace and honesty and empathy and equality.

There was a big bumble bee stuck inside this morning, furiously trying to understand the nature of windows. Instead of fetching a glass, I put my hand in front of it and it climbed onto my finger. The bee sat there happily as I walked it through the house. I could feel its little feet on my finger. Once we were outside, it flew off to resume its adventures.

The question is, after last week's close action piwakawaka experience, am I in danger of developing Francis of Assisi syndrome?

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Bee.

Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep.

Dream against the machine.

The source of the orange pollen. Later I saw a small native pollinator on on a dandelion but it flew off before it could be identified. As I was standing there a bee buzzed by and I looked in the direction it was going thinking it was just a honey bee going to the hives but even from 15 feet away I could recognize the Ashy Digger bee speeding away with determination.