ID verified by WI Bumble Bee Brigade Survey.
Sighting: https://wiatri.net/inventory/bbb/submitdata/secure/obsSummary.cfm?obsID=19832
Big one…just short of an inch. Lots of little bees, too. They’re just too quick for my camera.
First Queen of 2024, feeding on creeping Charlie. Around the farm, some spring flowers are blooming - honeyberry, a sparse few pear & apricot. Native spring ephemerals are a few days from blooming.