Fantastic pictures of the carpenter bee and grasshopper. I love those macro shots! The bee played nice, and held still long enough for some great photos. Very cool!

Bees dying off would be very, very bad I agree. They pollinate so much, and some plants can't self pollinate. So they would have to be manually pollinated if they were crops, and if they were wild plants they would be doomed. Hopefully, that will never be a reality we have to face. Bees are essential to a lot of life on this planet.

Great post, take care and I hope you're doing well! A tip as always: