Consolation photo

This is NOT Mademoiselle La Bumblebee, whom I'd been stalking with my camera for twenty minutes. But it posed nicely:


I want to photograph a bumblebee soooooo badly. Oh well.

Here are the girls digging up choice pieces of dirt and eating them:


Does anyone know why they do that? I buy them the best, most reputable kibble brand, and supplement with other stuff. Are they still short something that is found in dirt?