California Bumble Bee on the Island Alum Root
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Yesterday I wrote a post about the blossoming Island Alum Root Heuchera maxima plant.
Well look who was visiting all of the blossoms early this morning, a California bumble bee Bombus californicus.
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Who could resist all that wonderful softness...
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What a busy little bumble bee.
It already has some pollen in its baskets.
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Hovering between the alum and a monkeyflower plant.