Last month, some idiot wrote that she had never, EVER seen a honeybee in the Boston area in her life. So, of course, two showed up in my backyard over the weekend just to spite me. To prove, once and for all, that I am the worst fact-checker ever. Here’s the photographic evidence.
At least, I assume that's a honeybee on those grape hyacinths. I know it's not a bumblebee or yellow jacket (if it were a yellow jacket, it would have stung me in the face as I tried to snap its photo), and that just about exhausts my bee knowledge. So, I’m happy to report that I know of at least two honeybees that are available for pollination services in the Greater Boston area.
But, they’re not going to come cheap.
A bee sighting!
This is like some science fiction post-apocalypse story where life begins to return...
I hope.
I bee worried.
Posted by: cookiecrumb | April 25, 2007 at 10:28 PM
because the jar of honey we have now might only last until 2017!
Posted by: Thank God ... | April 26, 2007 at 01:29 PM
Gorgeous hyacinths! Glad you got to meet the bee. =)
Posted by: Lisa | April 26, 2007 at 04:31 PM
Lisa: Those hyacinths pop up every year, no thanks to me. I love self-sufficient plants/weeds.
God: I can help you out with that.
CC: Two should be enough, right?
Posted by: Tammy | April 26, 2007 at 10:17 PM
that is a lovely picture. I've never seen a flower like that.
Posted by: sunny12 | April 27, 2007 at 09:19 AM