Honey Bees on the Fourth of July

I'm not the best person to mingle at gatherings, and my favorite place to be is outdoors in gardens. So this past Fourth of July I spent quality time observing bees on scabiosa (or pincushion) blossoms.

The honey bees went crazy over a patch of these flowers planted next to a building.

Sunbeams fell particularly bright upon this area that afternoon.