Can One Pet a Bumblebee?

  I was walking through my yard recently when I spied spring’s first bumblebees. So adorable, fat, and furry, they buzzed around our crab apple tree. Seeing them made me happy. I love these little yellow and black striped insects. Unlike wasps and yellow jackets, bumblebees seem almost…well, cuddly. Which led me to wonder: can […]

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So Much for the Birds and the Bees!

  The other day, while taking out the garbage, I became surrounded by a marauding gang of bumble bees. They buzzed around me like a mini fleet of Black Hawk helicopters and seemed to think I was competing for a nearby mountain laurel’s blossoms. Worried I’d be stung, I ran back inside and slipped on […]

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