Wordless Wednesday: Bumble Bee on Steroids

I guess I'm not used to seeing bumble bees. This guys was HUGE in my book. About 2" long and 1" thick. He would land on the flowers and the stems would start to bend.

I got you!

Bee on my grape hyacinth

Everyday I see this bee or other bees that look like this bee on my grape hyacinth. Everyday I rush out with my camera to take a picture. And everyday the bee flies away before I can take a picture. Finally I was able to get the bee when it least expected it. The bee sees me and flies away. Instead of giving up I waited for it to come back. It did come back and I took a picture before I knew what hit him. You can't outsmart me bee even though you can make honey and I can't. Lets not mention that you can fly and I can't.

A bee!

While admiring the little container plants I do have I noticed something wonderful. There was a bee enjoying it's time on my grape hyacinths. This is very exciting for me! A bee actually stopped on one of my plants. Normally when I see a bee it quickly buzzes over the plants and goes away. This time the bee was on my grape hyacinth blooms doing it's thing. That makes me feel wonderful inside. My goal for next year it to have many plants that attract bees and butterflies to my balcony.