Beeing Careful

I was out in our small garden when I saw this golden bumble bee sitting on my basil bush. I tried to get a close up from far away but my camera would not cooperate.



So I went a little closer with my macro lens. I was almost right up to it. (If you click on the photos, you can enlarge it even more.)



And then YIKES! It turned and seemed to sit on its haunches and stared at me as though to say, "Watch it! You're infringing on my personal space." Let me tell you I backed up plenty fast!