Look at the bee’s tongue in this photo going after the goodness in this flower.

This Tricolored Bumble Bee is a ground-nesting beauty for sure and is foraging for pollen and nectar on this patch of flowers (Bachelor’s Button). After the gathering, this colorful bee will take back its find to the underground nest. 

Here is the heart shape on the back of this bumble bee. Love it!

 I found myself putting all my attention into trying to shoot a great angle of the bees tongue–when I noticed that on the bee’s back above its orange belt was the shape of a heart. Oh, my….I love it! How wondrous nature is. 

While I usually talk and write about honeybees–there are other pollinators that are certainly worth mentioning, the Tricolored Bumble Bee is one of them.

-Virginia Wright, Author of Buzzzzzzzz What Honeybees Do http://www.amazon.com/author/virginiawright