Face down, Cotton Candy aster up...
One of my few nativars is the cotton candy ass, ahem, aster.. mainly for the name (and asters just kickass in general)🩷
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #asteroblongifolium #bombusimpatiens #ecoregion50ae #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

A bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) visiting goldenrod ( Solidago ). In the background are lavender/blue flowering clusters if blue mistflower and the red tubular blooms of Salvia coccinea. nativebees bumblebees #bugsky easterncommonbumblebee bloomscrolling landscapedesign wildlifegardening

A bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) with a trifecta of autumn blooming flowers: goldenrod, blue mistflower, and red salvia. #BombusImpatiens

A Common Eastern Bumble Bee with a golden and full pollen basket on the side of its legs. The bee is anchored on a purple petal, yellow centered Aromatic Aster flower. Its tongue is inside the yellow centered of the flower. nativebees easternbumblebee nativeplants aromaticaster asters bloomscrolling wildlifegardening bumblebee

A Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) with a golden and full pollen basket (corbicula). Flower is Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) #BombusImpatiens #bugsky #SymphyotrichumOblongifolium

Golds on gold🌼
🐝Eastern bumbler & goldenrod soldier beetle
#bombusimpatiens #solidago #Chauliognathuspensylvanicus #pollinators #nativeplants #gardening #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscrolling #biodiversityconservation

Dude... those pollen pants🤭
I've never seen pollen piled so high!🏆
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bombus #eutrochiummaculatum #pollinators #bugsky #bombusimpatiens

Common Eastern Bumblebee showing the "disturbance leg lift" behavior as a non-native honeybee flies too close.
"Don't touch me!
#commoneasternbumblebee #bumblebee #bombusimpatiens

Two orange, sunburst-patterned sunflowers fully bloomed in the early morning. Two bumblebees are anchored on the sunflower closest to the viewer. Sunflowers are backdropped by their green foliage. pollinators pollinatorgarden bumblebee garden bloomscrolling invertebrates sunflower

Morning walk in the garden. 🌻 🐝 #bombusimpatiens

First good bumblebee photo of the season! Unfortunately, she wasn't foraging on one of my native plants, (that's Creeping Charlie which snuck into the back lawn somehow) but at least she appeared to be very healthy.

#bees #bumblebee #bombusimpatiens #invasiveplants #nature #pollinators #wildlife

Day 4154 - Don't Worry Bee Happy Big ol' yellow and black eastern common bumble on tarp

Day 4154 - Don't Worry Bee Happy stillwellgray.ca/blog/day-415... #everydayart #everyday #art #snapseed #bee #bombusimpatiens #commoneasternbumble #polinatorsformyhaters 📷📸