YaY, there are bees here
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (117226)
El Paso, Texas
May 4, 2017 2:28pm CST
Firstly, my eye is no long swollen 
It's still ugly red though 
Those itsy bitsy black gnats, or whatever, were blown in by the last sandstorm we had and the evening after I took the above photo is when my eye became swollen 
One of those stupid black gnats few into my eye only I didn't know it had gotten into my eye.
Oh before I forget, the flower is a hollyhock and of course you know that's a beautiful bee pollinating it.
It's still ugly red though
Those itsy bitsy black gnats, or whatever, were blown in by the last sandstorm we had and the evening after I took the above photo is when my eye became swollen
One of those stupid black gnats few into my eye only I didn't know it had gotten into my eye.
Oh before I forget, the flower is a hollyhock and of course you know that's a beautiful bee pollinating it.5 people like this
4 responses
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
4 May 17
Bad gnat . . . sorry your eye got swollen by it. Glad you're doing a lot better!! It's nice to see the bees in action again . . . we haven't had a swarm yet this season, but there are plenty of bees doing their thing in the yard!
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
5 May 17
@rebelann Things have been growing like crazy here because of all that rain we finally got in the winter - so I guess that explains why the bees are here (for now . .. it's getting hot and gardens are getting fried). We supposedly get some showers during the weekend and maybe during next week. I don't know what's going on . . . I wonder if the bees are just as confused as we are about the weather!
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@rebelann (117226)
• El Paso, Texas
5 May 17
It's one of those stupid little black gnats that fly around your face when your out and about in the spring.
My eye is better. It's still red but no longer swollen.
Thank you, surprisingly this bee barely moved, I think she was high on pollen 
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But I was never bitten by a gnat.
@Plethos (13718)
• United States
4 May 17
good to hear your eye is better. the one thing that i always found fascinating about bees is when they swarm. you dont see any around and then next thing you know, theres thousands of them in just a short amount of time. they seemingly arrive out of nowhere.
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I've never been attacked by bees but those teeny gnats seem to enjoy chewing me up.
