On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:02:03 -0700, Billy Rose
wrote:

I've never seen it so closely before. Walking down from the front gate,
I noticed a honey bee working one of the echinaceas. She was very
entense. She would grab one of the pistils(?) and hug it intently and
then move on, leaving behind a dot of yellow that was very visible
against the green, orange, and red of the pistils. Looking closer, I saw
that on the bee's hind-legs, it had like cargo pockets stuffed with this
yellow stuff (pollen?) And where ever it stopped on the echinacea it
left a little yellow dot. Then I noticed that the green-orange-red
pistils that the bee hadn't visited, had like a little drop, like dew,
on their tip. At least five minutes passed while I was lost in
contemplation. Good day:-)

Well, it is nice to read something good about bees. I'm very
concerned about all those empty hives all across the world.