Checking in with bees

 There are a few flowers left in the fall for bees to forage. This was earlier in October.

But they are beginning to cluster especially on the colder days.

When I took the first picture 3 bees came out of the cluster to see what was happening at their entrance.

On the same day, October 24th, the flowers seemed to have already been pollinated. But a few days later the farmer responsible for cover crops was on his tractor in a field and saw so many foraging bees that he stopped cutting to give them a chance to gather more. We are worried for their well being this winter.

Yesterday they got their new late fall entrance, but today the weather was nice and they were hanging out on the front stoop and checking it out.