Giant bee

So I have a minor obsession with bumblebees (they're so snuggly!), and our sunflowers attract several of them.

Two days ago I was watering them, and I noticed a rather freakishly large bumblebee (maybe one of the wood borers?). I tried taking pics, but they didn't come out well because of the angle of the sun.

Yesterday, though, I was able to take a few. I took a pic of a regular bumblebee so you could see that the freakishly large bumblebee was at least twice her size, but I couldn't get both in the shot, so it wasn't really helpful.

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