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Sail on my little honey bee, sail on

Posted by Andy Gardner,
North Country explorer from Massena, NY
August 11, 2014 —

Ran into this bee gathering pollen from a sunflower in me backyard. I tried talking to it but it just shot me a middle finger and flew off. At first I thought it was rude, but later learned it's a sign of respect in his culture.