Honey Bee

Here is the first, VERY FIRST, Honey Bee that I've seen visiting in our yard and on our flowers all spring and summer long and it's already July 20!

1st Honey Bee on Uncle Tommy -

- Honey Bee on Balloon flower.

Oh, we've had other bees all spring and summer long, especially Bumble Bees but not a single Honey Bee until today.

Bumble Bee dining on Salvia -

- Coneflower host - not sure what this bee is.

Hopefully there are more Honey Bees and I've just not noticed them. They're certainly welcome and needed too. However, Honey Bees are dying off all around the country at an alarming rate and the the experts are unsure why...

Honey Bee Die-off Alarms Beekeepers, Crop Growers And Researchers