Several years ago, I saw a charming photograph of two tiny bees curled up together, asleep, in a flower. Ever since then, I have been on a quest to photograph sleeping bees myself. (https://amylawscigeek.com/2021/08/08/sleeping-bees/)

I’m not very good at identifying bees, but I think this is a honey bee. The reason I hesitate is because I assumed that honey bees returned to the hive in the evening. But maybe not necessarily …

This larger (bumble-type?) bee was kinda wedged between the disk and the ray flowers of a sunflower. When I bumped the flower, she didn’t blink — er — move. She didn’t move. Bees can’t blink because they have no eyelids.

A big two-tone bumble bee was clinging to the disk of a sunflower. To get this shot, my husband had to bend the flower down so it was close enough for my camera. Again, she never moved.

When I have enough great photos of bees sleeping in flowers, I want to turn them into a picture book for little kids.