Bunch of these guys hovering around a massive ant colony. Unsure if related or not.
I saw this bumble bee and a brown-belted this afternoon on our big gooseberry bush. I've been checking the bush a few times every day as it started to flower and this is the first day for bumble bees. I checked a few Wild Plum trees in the neighborhood today too and didn't see any bumble bees. Maybe they are done flowering. Also both bumble bees on this gooseberry bush were carrying pollen.