California Gardening: California Backyards, 1 by DesertPirate

DesertPirate wrote:
Great job on the Snickleway John!! What a nice team mate to have, huh Kathleen?

This is a honey bee that I found crawling around in my yard. I think it must have been a queen that was at the end of her life. She's easily twice as long and half again as wide as a worker. She was very docile and seemed to not want to leave my hand when I offered her a tree to crawl on. I sat on the porch for half an hour or more with her on my hand. I finally needed to do something that required both hands and had to "make" her get on the tree. She still resisted. Maybe she was just enjoying the body heat.