I waited a minute or two for this photo which lasted 1/400th of a second. I have learned not to chase and follow bees from flower to flower. Instead I stuck by one flower and waited for a bee to stop by. Bee photography 101 I bet.
These insects made their home on a large prickly pear cactus this summer. When the flowers dried and fell, they moved elsewhere. I’m not sure if that was a coincidence.
These moved as a unit. When I put my hand near them, they evenly spread apart.