The bees are busily working away and we have seen quite a lot. It is always nice to see them since they are invaluable. Without them we will have quite the restricted diet and will not able to enjoy some of the delicious fruits, berries and vegetables that abound in the valley. Don’t forget honey.
You may be wondering what flying pandas are? Let’s use our imagination here 🙂 Okay I will let you in on the answer. A co-worker remarked that bumble bees remind him of flying pandas – cute eh. And just so you know I did ask for his permission to borrow the expression. I love it!
I did another hike with my girlfriends last weekend in West Kelowna and to put it kindly we were too ambitious. We ended up hiking more than four hours and at the end of it you should have seen us limping along with sore feet and the “ows”. One of my girlfriends brought some chocolate and it was nice to have those at the amazing viewpoints. I will cover the scenery in another post.
There were so many lupines, paint brushes, pussy toes and other wildflowers. The mosquitoes were still around and even armed with our mosquito sprays we still got bitten, ah well.
We ended the day with some snacks and this time some nice Grower’s bartlett pear cider – very refreshing.
I will add the bumble bee species names when confirmed. I need help with the ID’s bug buddies. Thanks!
Bugs N Stuff 