Bombus ternarius, F, Back, MI, Alger County
A quick back shot of Bombus ternarius. In the east, it is the only bee with bright orange markings on its abdomen, the other bees may have some yellow or dark reddish but nothing so spectacular. A northern bee, something that occurs from Pennsylvania North but is yet to be recorded in West Virginia or Maryland. Photograph by Amber Reese, specimen from Michigan.
Beauty is nature's fact. - Emily Dickinson. Original public domain image from Flickr