Kit Oz<p>A bumble bee and ceanothus blossoms. </p><p>This particular bumble bee is a queen "Two Form Bumble Bee," although there are other bees with a near identical pattern, and even the queens of this variety have several variations in coloring. </p><p>I borrowed a book from my neighbor on identifying bumble bees. She's a detail-oriented person and a lover of gardens and wildlife, but she confessed she was defeated in her attempts to learn to tell one bumble bee from another. After thumbing through the book and reading about the difficulties of identification, I'm defeated, too.</p><p>Soon to be for sale in the shop at the Seattle Art Museum. For information on purchasing, see my website: <a href="https://kitozbooks.com/product/painted-oyster-shells/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kitozbooks.com/product/painted</span><span class="invisible">-oyster-shells/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bee</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BumbleBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BumbleBee</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ceanothus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceanothus</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativePlants</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SeattleArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeattleArtist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AutisticArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticArtist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TraditionalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a></p>