depscribe's photos with the keyword: Bombus perplexus

This character is bigger than a honeybee but a little smaller than a bumble bee -- and all the fur on its back is yellow, none of the black of the bumblebee. When I saw it, I only had the little zoom, not the macro lens, and this is as big as I could get it and, alas, as sharp. But I'd never seen one of these before, so until I get another picture, I thought I'd put this one up.

Went to town with the macro lens this morning to try and stalk this guy, who is smaller and different in coloration from other bumble bees (who were in profusion, too). Forty pictures later, this was the best I could do. They are a lot flightier than regular bumble bees. And I have just learned it is a Bombus perplexus , the cuckoo bee. Really!