A bumblebee searches for nectar in a Flannel Bush blossom.
Photo: Erica Crawford
“What bees ask of us is simple: a world free from poisons and other stressors, with places where they can nest and a sweet, season-long supply of flowering plants. In return, they offer to teach us their deepest lesson yet. Much as a honeybee belongs to her colony, so we humans belong to the living community of the Earth.”
—Candace Savage,
Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders
