Last year it was the same, just about this time of year. The house is surrounded by yellow and black wasps over an inch long. They sneak in open screen doors the moment you turn your back.  There are at least 10 investigating the front of the house as I type. They dont seem aggressive, just busy!  Earlier, one settled on the window outside, and I got close enough with my macro lens to get this one admiring its own reflection

Mirror mirror on the wall ????

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Dumb or what? They really were blonde! I had never seen such huge blonde bumble bees before.  They were about 1.5” head to toe! There were two of them, and all they did was hover, looking directly at  me, and buzzzz very loudly at me…

They were so persistent that I went back up the driveway to get my camera, in hope that they would still be there when I got back. And sure enough, they were. And they were still hovering!!! If i moved, they followed, and just hovered again, facing me head on…  They never got closer than about 4ft and hovered at my eye level.  Quite extraordinary! SO I snapped away until the sun went down.

I thought I would share some with you so you would believe me…  They were gone the next day, and I haven’t seen (or heard) them again since…  Bizarre, but just so cute.