The Flight of the Horny Bumblebee

[titusnowl]

It is apparently Bumblebee Mating Season. They are flying all over the place in fat, cuddly, buzzy little pairs. One lone bee has taken up a job as sentry of my staircase; he buzzes around, inspecting each person to climb the stairs. I never want to just walk through him - I don't want to incite him to sting - so I generally allow him to do his security check, and then ask him politely to fly aside. He usually does. He's a very well-mannered little bee.

I'm not sure what he likes about my staircase. I have no flowering plants - no plants of any kind, in fact - and I don't know what else bumblebees like that would make him decide to fly near my staircase all the time.

It's kind of cute to have a bumblebee sentry, though.

At least he's not a froward bee. Nor a zombee.