In which the variety and loveliness of the common clover flower is revealed

In this morning's Washington Post, someone asked the garden columnist, Joel M. Lerner, the following question:

Can I have an environmentally safe lawn that looks good without using products that will harm the Chesapeake Bay? The clover was nice a couple of months ago but is now sprouting white tops, which attract bees.

The answer given was, essentially, clover looks nice and bees are good.

So, later in the afternoon, I took the camera out into the backyard and got down on my belly in the grass to check it out for myself.