Thank you everyone for your comments.
The day I took the photo was a perfect day to do so. There was a high, even cloud cover that diffused the sunlight, eliminating glare and bringing out the parts of the flowers that would normally have been somewhat shaded. But the light was a very bright midday light, allowing me to use an extremely fast shutter speed of 1/3200 of a second, three times as fast as necessary to freeze splashing water, for example. This allowed me to capture the wings of the bee (which I had noticed buzzing around the fragrant blossoms) in mid stroke, even though I had no idea whether I would actually capture the bee in one of the photos or not.
As luck would have it, not only did the bee appear at a great spot in the composition of the photo, but it also happened to fly directly into the narrow focal plane at the precise instant I took the photo. That kind of serendipitous occurrence makes one smile. :-)
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