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This morning’s bee rescue. This little one and a friend were resting on a busy sidewalk by the park. The friend managed to fly away quite quickly but this one needed a little rest in the shade to recover. Managed to fly away eventually though :)

They’re such gentle, lovely creatures. Can’t believe I used to be scared of them as a kid. (Mostly because I mixed them up with wasps… now those bastards are nasty.)

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A honeybee on my hand by a purple flower in the garden. There’s a drop of water on my hand too.
A honeybee on my hand by a purple flower in the garden (slightly different angle). There’s a drop of water on my hand too.
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in reply to Aral Balkan

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Errant

Apparently not even all wasps, I had some paper wasps start to build a nest near me and it turns out they are known to, and have proven to be incredibly live and let live (though their hive did not really succeed so there was never *that* many of them).

(Admittedly, it's not exactly feasible to identify the pattern and antenna colors of a random wasp flying toward your face to adjust your attitude based on the specific species)

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