Sonoran Bumblebee
Bombus sonorus
Photographed using a Nikon CoolPix 990 at Gilbert Riparian Preserve, Arizona, Sept. 4th, 2006 at flowers of Helianthus annuas.
Apidae -- Bee Family
These regal bees are the only bumblebee regularly found in the Sonoran Desert.
They are frequent at the flowers of
Yellow Trumpet Bush and
Desert Willow.
Bumblebees across America are threatened!