Spring has arrived in Arizona.

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The wildflowers are blooming.

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The bees are flying.

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Bees and flowers are made for each other,

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like this halictid sweat bee in a desert marigold,

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and this carpenter bee face first in a desert mallow flower.

Yes, spring is in the air.