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bombus nevadensis
The queen bees of this species (bombus nevadensis), have bright yellow hair and are much larger than the workers and males. Near John Muir Wilderness in a meadow of blooming thistles and lupine, 2009. Here is a forest service article about identifying bumble bees of the western US. http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollina... (I would have listed this in the reference section but the site was being obstinate at the time.)
High elevation meadow in the Sierra Nevada mountains above Owen's Valley in eastern California.
I was loading this photo onto my photography site and didn't know that this was a queen bee until doing a little research and finding the forest service article.
Spotted on May 7, 2009
Submitted on Sep 7, 2013
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