Theory of bee relativity

(Photo: Sarah Phelan)

It's not easy to convey the size of a long-horned bee to those not familiar with this species. Let's just say they are smaller than honey bees, have extra long antennae--hence their name--and that the males sleep in flowers, gripping on with their mandibles so they don't fall out of their petal tents in the middle of the night. Awwww.

I found one tonight at sunset, sheltering at the center of a yellow-petaled gum flower. As you can see from this photo, the little fella fits in just perfectly. Now I just need to get my hands on a macro lens and I'll really be able to show you what I mean