Green with Envy

How ironic, another idiom • Meet the Sweat Bee, who pollinate wildflowers and stone fruit trees • Here are two males - only their heads are green, with striped abdomens; whereas females are all green • Because of their short tongues they feed on composite flowers, “those with a center of tiny true flowers surrounded by rays” (thank you, Univ. of ME), such as daisies, sunflowers, black-eyed Susans and asters • The heat index today is 94F, a perfect day to do as little as possible outside. It’s also Happy Hour Thursday with two friends from afar, or as I like to call it, another excuse for a G&T • Take care, Blippers, that’s all I have for today. Until tomorrow...