Blue Banded Bee
Blue Banded Bee asleep gripping a dead twig of the star jasmine on the fence. Under cover from the rain.
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A female, by the four bands, not five, about two metres from the mud brick house cast for her early in the year.
And on the other side of the house – two youngsters in tandem on a flower stem, under the moon. No blue bands yet …
Flash disturbed the one behind, who began to buzz and struggle, as if agitated dreaming. So I backed off …
With all the rain and wind the past couple weeks these little creatures are struggling. But not suffering emotionally, they don’t do that.
They are cognisant of the effort and the hunger, are it, but not a single thought is wasted on it. And it can’t be changed.
The sun will shine again … the flowers will bloom … mud brick homes are available.
Everything changes in time …
© Mark Berkery ……. Click on those pictures for a closer look
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