Found this little critter hanging out on some leaves out at the state park. I was a bit surprised when I got real close and the bee just sat there still. Pretty fair sized, too. Can't help but wonder if that fuzz on it is soft, but I figured petting one of those could cause an upset.


In a related story:

A few weeks prior to this, I was in a corner store trying to win that HUGE MegaMillions pot, and there was this honey bee walking along the floor, so got it up into my paw, since I didn't want him to get stepped on. Crazy thing didn't try to sting me, but kept nibbling on me for some odd reason. Maybe dragons taste good? So I'm at the front buying my ticket and the guy behind the counter's looking at me odd and going "hey man, you know you got a bee on your hand?". I'm like "oh yea, I know. it's OK". Then his expression only got weirder about me, hehe. Shoulda told him it was my pet bee Hank, and he wanted to go for a ride. ;=8) PS: It isn't easy to fumble with your wallet when you got a bee on your paw.