Take a 1953 Buick Super—my grandfather drove one—coil a gasoline station pump hose under the hood, glue a patch of Velcro on the trunk door, and attach a set of cellophane wings to the top—the kind you see in 19th century English books on faeries, not the feathered ones you see on angels or, more recently, on lingerie models.  What you have is a modern sculptor’s approximation of a deluxe, eight-cylinder, 120 horsepower, Dynaflow bumblebee.

From our May 2015 orchard archive: planting flowers along the orchard roads and observing the bees, butterflies and birds that visited.

From our April 2015 orchard archive: milkweed, monarch caterpillars and the butterflies visiting Fairview Orchards that season.