10)(CH.11#6)What does the author mean by “He could be a bee to a blossom-a pear tree blossom in the spring”? Who is the “blossom”?

Janie has had the pair tree in her life with her grandmother. The pair tree symbolized her sexual coming of age. Tea Cake awakened her desire as a woman and to be seen as sexual again. She had liked Joe simply because he was rich. Tea Cake made her feel new, like spring.