Lets not get too close!

I'm not certain if this is a yellowjacket, or a cicada killer wasp - but I was surrounded by them on the bamboo blooms.

Risky Attraction yellow jacket hornets!

The bamboo is in it's full glory. The blooms attract just about everything including almost the full range of stinging critters. Bees, wasp, hornets. It's not an area I want to push my way through right now, but the bamboo surrounds the north-east corner of the retreat. What a spot to photograph these insects.