Bees are amazing creatures, and really hard to photograph. We don't mow our yard in the spring to allow the Tradescantia (common name Spiderwort) to bloom. The bees love this stuff, and as soon as the flowers open up in the morning they start to move across the yard and collect the pollen. Ok, this first shot isn't a Trad, but this girl has a HUGE pollen basket and needed to be first!
Here are shots from the front yard this spring (2024), starting with a bit of a traffic jam as one bee waits her turn to gather from this cluster ...
These next two aren't honey bees (Apis mellifera), but are one of the carpenter or bumble bees ...
