Yellow angel of the garden, hearts desire, lord and master of sunlight.
 

A honey bee comes in with a harvest of dark pollen, a small contribution to the distinctive flavor of the hive’s honey.
 

An ant takes a small journey through the golden heart of a dandelion, repeated unseen across ten thousand yellow-spotted lawns.

        Out today photographing sun-struck bees at the hive, a beautiful backyard afternoon.

        This image also appears in my newest book, Bee Dreams.

        The blog carnival for bird lovers, I and the Bird, is celebrating its 100th edition. Nice to see them give Wild Light the “House Sparrow to the Death Award” for my last post, Chance meeting. Check out all the other winners at the Nature Blog Network.

        I’m exhibiting my bird photographs and paintings at Heron Festival at Michigan’s Kensington Metropark, near Milford/Brighton, Saturday and Sunday.
        I’ll be showing some new work, and will have copies of my books for sale, including a new bug book I haven’t talked about yet.. Come by and say hello if you have the chance.

        Enough of the news, below is a spring goldfinch defying gravity for your pleasure.

       When the devil meets me at the crossroads, I want this guy at my side.

       A kick-ass Detroit yellow jacket wasp waits for you.

It finally looks and feels like spring here, stormy and unsettled.

       A spring squabble between this goldfinch couple was soon over, their reconciliation unrecorded.

Glowing honey gold in a sunlit glade, a bee dashes off on its morning’s errands.

The Michigan Beekeepers Association is holding their annual spring meeting in East Lansing at the Kellogg Center this weekend March 13h & 14th. I’ll be there.

Below, a worker bee heavy with a successful morning hunt hurries back to her hive.

Laden with pollen from an afternoon’s work, a honey bee navigates the sunlit stalks of a Black-eyed Susan.

Looking a little like a gilded aircraft carrier, a pollen-soaked bumblebee navigates a landing.