I went down to the park on Tuesday and there they

were finally, insects, a selection of bees and wasps.

Despite having most of  the books of J.H. Fabre and

Edwin Way Teale and spending part of my youth

with a jam jar ( catch and release only )

I am still not great with names, I am still looking

through Sibley for the tree as well. (hints welcome)

The first is a small bee or small wasp.

The next two photos are of a Western Yellow Jacket?

I have always just called these Bumble Bees

"Dear insects, my study of you has sustained

me and continues to sustain me in my heaviest

trials; I must take leave of you for to-day.

The ranks are thinning around me and the

long hopes have fled. Shall I be able to speak

of you again ? "

Bramble-Bees & Others

                        J.H. Fabre

The footnote mentions that after this passage

he wrote another seven volumes on insects.