If I Were A Bumble Bee, I’d Eat Here
Bumble bees caught on camera eating at their favorite nectar and pollen spots
As monarch butterflies seem less and less available to photograph, I turn to whatever pollinator is visiting in my garden. I’ve caught some bumble bees feasting on their favorite flowers in the past few years.
Mostly, it’s been other butterflies, wasps, bees, and birds. But bumble bees, especially, caught my eye and interest. In Wisconsin, we have an endangered bumble bee called the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. I thought I had spotted one this fall on this brilliantly colored Rudbeckia.
But I was wrong. I sent the photo to a young biologist I know who is part of the Bumble Bee Brigade, and he said that it was a tri-colored bumblebee.
Asclepias, or milkweed, as it is more commonly known, is a favorite for tri-colored bumble bees, although I do not have a positive ID on the bumble bee pictured above. Regardless, the bee was busy on this flower.
