First Queen of 2024, feeding on creeping Charlie. Around the farm, some spring flowers are blooming - honeyberry, a sparse few pear & apricot. Native spring ephemerals are a few days from blooming.
Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy
Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy
FOY Tricolored BB (Queen?) feeding on willow
On Lonicera caerulea
Quite large. Possibly a queen that overwintered.
Common Eastern Bumble bee?
Queen observed at home
Queen observed at home
Queen on a 50-degree, rainy day.
I’m wondering if this could be a rusty patch. Maybe just a brown belt. Was quite big and made lots of noise. Don’t have a good image of its behind.