I happened to be walking around admiring my early blooms when I heard the familiar buzzzzzing sound of a huge bumble bee, flitting from flower to flower, gathering pollen and feeding. This would be a new queen gatheirng food for her new colony. She would have overwintered underground and survived where others in the colony had all died off. If you want to learn more about queen bumble bees, check out this Northern Woodlands article, "Queen Season: Bumble Bees in Spring". And check out this BBC video, "Clever Queen Bumble Bees."
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