This lady was attached to one of the bee boxes that we removed from the hive yesterday and placed on the patio table.
I happily snapped a few photos. She made a perfect model, sitting serenely upon the table. Too late, I realized that she was calm because she was dead, having expired from the evening temperatures while I was shooting.
I'm sorry sweet bee.
No wonder she made such an exemplary subject. My other pictures of [ahem.. live] bees always turn out fuzzy due to movement. Well duh.
