Of Clover and Bees and Luck
I think it could be my lucky day. I found this huge clover growing in one of my pots in the garden. The one beside it is from the ‘lawn.’ It just jumped out at me that really everything we need and want is already here for us. But—but nice to be reminded in such a visceral way.
And then there was this bee. Sorry about the photography but he’s twice the size of an ordinary bee and there are several who come each day to feast on the nicotania. There’s an article in The New Yorker this week about how bees are disappearing by the hundreds of thousands. I haven’t finished it yet so can’t make any assumptions about who these big guys are but they do bring a sense of sweetness and abundance to our city plot.
So—in the midst of hard work I discover a whole harmonious universe just outside my back door. And I’d always thought our wee garden was a bit scrappy. No more!
August 6th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
oh, I loooove Nicotania. So lovely. That is a big ole bee. I haven’t seen very many honey bees in my garden this summer, but lots of bumbles and wasp-y types.
August 6th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Well, according to the New Yorker hundreds of thousands of honey bees have disappeared this year due to some kind of bee virus. But they’re going strong here!
August 8th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
They got swept up in a foul wind and landed here in Cornwall,specifically, Tresco Abbey Garden where I was stung (twice)last week.
August 9th, 2007 at 1:20 am
Oh, the lovely, lovely Tresco Abbey Gardens!! Those naughty bees!
August 12th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
there have been some awesome looking wasps and hornets around, too…..a little scary to think about being stung but very cool to look at.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
FYI - That’s not a bee. It’s one part of (instar?) of the organism that produces a fruit borer. It hovers and has a long proboscis.
May 1st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Thanks, Jeanne! Must not make so free with my insects assumptions!!