My first sunflower to bloom this season. I was only able to get 12 of these plants to grow. There should be another 12 growing but the seeds did not germinate. After weeding my garden yesterday, I cut this flower and brought it home to put in a vase. When I got it into the kitchen, I noticed that there were what appeared to be 3 honey bees sleeping(not sure if that is what they were doing but they weren't moving) near the petals. At first I thought they were dead but then I poked one and it began to buzz. I decided to wake the rest and let them fly outside instead of in my kitchen.