Beecicle

I’ve been trying not to look at the thermometer for the last several days. There’s only one digit and sometimes it has a minus sign in front of it. Last week, before we descended into the deep freeze, I was startled to find a dead honeybee on the sidewalk in front of our house.

Everyone once in awhile on warmer winter or early spring days, honeybees from the neighbor’s hive venture out. But it hasn’t been “venturing weather” for many weeks now. There’s no water available outside in the neighborhood unless it’s being heated, and all plants died or died back more than a month ago.

I’m not sure what the little guy was trying to accomplish, but he should’ve stayed safely in his hive.