Project 365 Day 176: Summer Dance

Canon 5D Mark ll, 100mm 2.8 macro, 3.2 aperture, 1/320 100 ISO

I walk out my front door and the dance is already in full swing. The air itself seems alive, electrified, with the sound of buzzing and the whirring of tiny wings. Something seems different today, though. Bumble Bees, true their name, are always a bit clumsy. Today, they almost seem… intoxicated. They fly this way and that, bumping into walls and windows, before they finally land on what appears to be their single focus. The beautiful purple Bee Balm. They cling to her as if she is life, pulling and shuffling through her thin and delicate petals, until they find what they are looking for. Sweet nectar. They plunge deep into the flower, head first, caring for nothing else. Only fuzzy legs and  lacy iridescent wings are left to view. I reach down to touch one of them, feeling the soft yellow fuzz. He doesn’t seem to notice me. He is drowsy, fumbling, falling from flower to flower. It must be love.