Ran across some Bumblebees, that according to science Cannot fly. These guys obviously are not students of science. They are doing fine flying in spite of that!
This shutter is a fast one, but it was hard to get a picture of the wings, these guys really MOVE! They are more interested in the flowers (fortunately) than My camera. These bees are a little over an inch long (about 3CM) and this kind of bee, does not loose the stinger when the hit you, so they demand respect! They make their nests in the ground, and they do store Honey in those nests. When they get mad, they remember for a long time.
My Father found a nest next to where we parked the car, and decided he needed to clean that nest out. He took a thin board, and waited by the nest entrance. When a bee came back to the nest, he would smack them out of the air. He had eliminated a dozen or so when he missed one. It was quite a battle, and he finally came in the house (rapidly) and said he missed one, but when he turned around the bumblebee was on his pants, stinging his wallet! They are tough customers, LOL!
Most of them are, Like honeybees, females; and we all know how dangerous that makes them, LOL! :)