Thanks, @prydfoltz! The bees had me, a few years ago. They were all wild swarms that I captured and put into boxes. I had 3 hives at one point. But they all got caught up in the colony collapse disorder and just disappeared. It was so sad. Once the big box stores stop selling flowerbed starts that have systemic neonicitinoid pesticides in them -- next year, supposedly -- I'm hoping the bees can make a comeback. They made a lot of honey! At least I have a a couple gallons left, still.
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If it makes you feel any better ... in Vancouver we have what seems a copious supply in the summer. Perhaps we have already banned the pesticide ... I am not sure. But we have turned a lot of our city green areas over to keeping bees and even a local hotel keeps an apiary. Little honey bees and big fluffy bumbles too. We love our bees.
The U.S. has been so slow on banning the neonicitinoids. I do like the bees. Especially the native bumblebees.
They are the cutest ... the rhododendron garden in Stanley Park gets a lot ... they are so drunk on nectar they will just bumped into you as they clumsily fly about. No stinging though:)
That's a funny image of the stumbling bumbles! : )
They were doing just that ... bumping around.
haha -- quite the image!