A DC Birding Blog: Eastern Bumble Bee
Photo Credit: A DC Birding Blog
From A DC Birding Blog: Much like honey bees, I find that bumble bees can sometimes be difficult to photograph. Especially on warmer days, they often move quickly from flower to flower. Their large size and weight (for a bee) makes a lot of flowers bend or bounce, making focus difficult to obtain. Occasionally I do find a cooperative bumble bee, like this bee that was feeding on some large coneflowers.
I think this is probably a Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens), the most abundant bumble bee in my part of the continent. The overall pattern seems to fit, and I do not see any markings that would indicate otherwise.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 7/17/2011 10:00 AM 
Categories: Invertebrates
Tags: honey bees bumble bees insects invertebrates flowers
Categories: Invertebrates
Tags: honey bees bumble bees insects invertebrates flowers
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