not very good cell phone photos, but ID'd based on yellow band on 3rd tergite.
feeding on Joe Pye Weed flower
Note to self.. hairy, leaves oblolanceolate, cf the fine leaf specie
Perhaps B. bifarius?
I counted 11 brown-belted bumbles in the milkweed. Pollinator counts super low this year
q.v.:
Bombus bimaculatus
Bombus griseocollis
Bombus vagans
One of the largest bumblebees to show up in the garden this summer. 1+ inch
Bee with possible Formica fusca on Tetradymia canescens