Have you ever thought about how or when insects sleep?
Because they are buzzing around at all times of day, you might not have given it any thought.
But as nature photographerJoe Neelyshows, bees do, in fact, go to sleep.
He captured an adorable photo of two globe mallow bees napping in a colorful globe mallow flower.
Neely came upon the two bees by happenstance.
Niccole was looking for the perfect flower and noticed some bees inside one of the orange globe mallow blooms.
I hurried over and observed them for several minutes, even after sunset.
Neely and his wife watched more bees climb into the flowers.
Soon after, he recalls, all the flowers on the plant had a motionless occupant in them.
They were going to sleep.
I’ve never seen this behavior before.
Their blue eyes and the orange flowers contrasted beautifully.
And as Neely shows, sometimes it’s with a buddy.
