To bee or...

We had my Mum out for tea tonight. I ran her home and swung up along the top road on the way home, hoping to take a snap in the lowering sunlight of the clouds scattered across the sky.

There was a bush next to where I stopped the car that seemed alive with bees and cabbage butterflies. The bees seemed very sluggish - drunk on pollen I suspected. They were very cooperative in having their photos taken. Now I see these bold little beetles crawling over them I wonder if their strength is failing - if it's that time of the year - that part of the cycle. I wonder if they'll make it back to the hive tonight.