A sting in the tail/tale

As the Goddess tends hornets, the badgers badger wasps. I have seen a few wasps' nests that have been dug up by badgers. At least, that's what I assumed. i asked Mischa and she said, "Oh, yes, badgers love wasps' nests." I wanted to ask how she knew? What education provides such wondrous knowledge. But I felt silly as it might have seemed a strange or rude question.

I asked if the drought meant worms were hard to source and so the badgers turned to wasps and she said, no, they'll always go for a wasps' nest. I asked if the wasps sting them and she said, "Probably. But badgers are hard!"

At home, I watched what must be honeybees on the purple flowers of I don't know what vigorous plant, who is one of the many seeking to take over the jungle that is my garden.

Their legs had huge pillows of pollen. I love seeing them land and latch on. Like clicking into place. My dad said that bees "shouldn't" fly, and I read the same information in the book I'm reading about birds. Something about their size and their wings. But, of course, they do. And the bees-can't-fly thing turns out to be an urban myth. For a while, we didn't know how they did it, but they are not breaking the laws of physics. You can find out how here.

I made a video of the hornets, wasps and bees - you may have seen the hornets already, but the other two are new.