I carefully navigated the clovered lawn this afternoon, recalling keenly the sharp sting of the honeybee and knowing that open-toed shoes were an open invitation to pain. The effort was wasted. Not a single bee did I see. Perhaps they were all napping after a long day’s busy work.
It ain’t summer until the bees buzz. I will look for them tomorrow earlier in the day.
I looked for honeybees because I worry that ours have disappeared like so many others. I found bumblebees and what seemed to be yellowjackets (yellow and black, not very hairy). I didn’t see any that looked like the honeybees I remember from childhood 🙁