Honeybee on Summersweet

This is a picture of a honeybee on a Summersweet bush (Clethra alnifolia).  You can find these bushes along woodland creeks, wet forests, bogs, wetlands, and pine flatwoods.  While booming, they are covered with spikes of tiny white flowers.  This particular picture was taken last year in Pocahontas State Park.  There is never a shortage of bee varieties on these flowers.  I have witnessed several species of bees that I have never seen anywhere else (although they seem to be a little camera-shy).  These bushes are very fragrant while blooming, and their odor can be smelled from long distances away.  These are very good bushes to use in native gardens and create many photo opportunities while blooming.