Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) lamented in his poem “To a Mouse” (1786) that “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”

He had just plowed into a mouse nest on his farm. The loss of life disturbed him.

Today folks have only to hear "best laid plans" and know about the "awry" or "astray" part..

Friday we were out looking for bumble bees (Plan A).

A brilliant pink shrub, Claremont pink currant (Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum 'Claremont') in the Storer Gardens at the University of California, Davis yielded no bumble bees.

But the honey bees were all over it. 

From Plan A to Plan Bee.