Obligatory tangential remark

I’m phobic of bees, and things that are similar. So, wasps, hornets, a car painted in black and yellow stripes, etc.

I’ve mostly overcome the phobia, at least enough to control how I react to the panic.

But bumblebees? They don’t trigger it. Never have. No idea why. Since carpenter bees look (close enough to) the same, they don’t either.

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the beauty of bees. I love the little buggers as long as they can’t touch me lol. But there’s this anus-puckering response to seeing or hearing them, no matter how well I control it now.

But not those bumblers. I can sit and watch them do their thing with smile on my face.