The Year of the Bee Fly

I've never seen as many Bee Flies as I have this spring. I hope this means that solitary bees (their hosts) must be doing well. Erica McAlister says it's because spring has been telescoped into a few days. 


Bee Fly, Bombylius major. 

Sony ILCE-6000
FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
f11 1/100 ISO 500