Hi David, What you're seeing is probably a carpenter bee, a relative of bumblebees. Nhu On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:12 AM, David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Dear members > > I have, in past years, had an interesting insect hover about my plants, > including my dwarf Meyer Lemon. The insect looks like a rotund shiny, > solid-black bumblebee. It never seems to land; it just hovers about the > flowers. I live on the San Francisco Peninsula. Does anyoine have an idea > of what this insect is? > > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/