I stumbled across a bee orgy today while walking my extraordinarily patient dog. Likely Colletes cunicularius, the spring mining bee. Males emerge shortly before the females, then hang around their nests to wait for them to emerge so they can be the first to mate. Often this results in little balls of horny bees. The female had quite enough of the harassment (and my nosiness) and ended up flying off shortly after this picture was taken, with one of the males still attached 😳 #bee #bees #insects #pollinators