Sometimes you see things in nature that you could not ever imagine being possible. Today was a day that I was again surprised with the things that go on under our noses just outside our regular view.

I've never though that the nature was a dangerous place for something like an insect. I know that they have predators that go after and eat them but I never pictured the environment itself as being threatening to any insect.

Maybe it's because they're so small, maybe it's because we don't put a lot of importance on them but today I was assured that even the environment itself is dangerous for something as small as a honey bee.

I have a lot of honey bees around my property because I'm a new beekeeper. I'm not sure if there was a lot of bees around me before but I notice them a lot more now because I'm aware of their presence.

While I was taking a little break and talking to my neighbor today I noticed a bee on a branch right in front of me. When I looked a little closer I realized that the bee wasn't alive and on even closer investigation I realized that the bees flight path had run him straight into a thorn on one of my bushes.

When you see the picture it looks really hard to believe. I know because I'd probably not believe it myself if someone showed it to me. But I plucked off the branch without disturbing the impaled bee so that I could take a decent picture of it and share it with all of you.

Be careful out there, it's a dangerous place for everybody.