The humble bumble

On a modestly sunny day, our garden fading in the background here, I admired a bee, of the bombini tribe, in humble labor foraging pollen of one of our lavender plants in the garden. At least I remember it to be lavender, I'm not so sure when looking at this picture. But anyway, it was a nice day. Wow, look at the effort put into extracting pollen, just a few specks visible, not nearly enough to justify the journey to its hive. Electrostatic aiding the extraction process, a wonder of simplistic technology. It's a sunny day but none of that easy labor. I'm going to think about that in my hammock..