I love bumblebees. I spotted this gal through my kitchen window the other day and spent the next twenty minutes trying to capture some good shots of her. The bush she is visiting is a butterfly bush, although this one seems to mostly attract honeybees, grasshoppers, and hummingbirds. I have a light purple variety in my front yard that monarch butterflies wait to visit until I'm teaching piano lessons so they can distract me and my students with their glorious wings.
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| To me, bumblebees are the queens of all bees. |
The "shoulders" on this bumblebee remind me of a polar bear. Except hers are yellow. With a cape.
I thought this was a terrific side view. You can distinctly see each segment of her body.
I think the fuzziness on bumblebees makes them look deceptively cuddly. Being a person who loves to hold/pet fuzzy, furry, or feathery creatures I feel a strong temptation to hold a bumblebee. Even though I know it would end badly.
One of my honeybees was visiting the same flower cluster as the bumblebee (I just assume any honeybee I see in my yard is from my apiary). Not even a queen honey bee could match the furry yellow and black beauty for size.
So much for my attempt to capture one last photo! My subject was off to other restaurants.
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