I'm just a little ol' honey bee foraging on lavender.

I left my warm colony in Vacaville, Calif. to see if there's any nectar out there. My sisters are hungry. I'm not sure if we have enough honey to tide us over until spring.

Look, here's some late-blooming lavender amid all those frost-bitten blossoms. Mine! All mine! I don't have to share. No other pollinators around. No predators around like praying mantids and spiders, either. Just me. All mine. I'll take my time.

I'm just a little ol' honey bee foraging on lavender. You can take my photo if you like. Or several.

Just don't take my nectar. My sisters are hungry.