It’s the time of year where we have quite a few foggy mornings. They’re most likely to happen after a cool night that starts warming up quickly as the sun rises. One morning while I was getting out of my yard, this eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) was flying around me. I’m not sure why, but it wouldn’t leave, so I decided to try to get some photos of it. There was fog in the yard, but not everywhere, and I was lucky enough to catch the bee coming out of one of the patches of fog. When I got home that evening, I discovered a small patch of Drummond’s phlox flowers blooming near the gate and I think that was probably why the bee was hanging around. These bumblebees are some of the best pollinators that live in this area since they become active as soon as the weather starts to warm up and stay active until late in the fall. They’re small enough to pollinate most small flowers, but they can and will climb down into trumpet shaped flowers or climb around on larger flowers. They also tend to be gentle and only sting out of self protection. That makes them a lot of fun as well as being great pollinators.