The eastern carpenter bee (Xylacopa virginica) sat on the sidewalk, motionless, as we approached it. We had parked down the block and were walking to our house. I don’t remember if it was Gilda or Magnolia who spotted it first, but the girls quickly crouched down to look at it as I explained that it was about to die.
Magnolia wanted to move it out of th…
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