The buzz off

“Hey, there boy. You’re bothering me.” This poor bumblebee was trying to feed on the echinacea when other bees kept pestering it and T-boning it. I was not able to capture a T-bone, but you can see how the bumble is knocked “off-center” and ends up “not even” right after being slammed into by other flying insects.

Incoming

After the flyby T-bone

Knocked off-center & not even

The bumblebee was determined to feed.

After another whack

Incoming again

Treading air