Humble Bumble Bee

This pollen collecting can be quite a messy job? But it is a good job that the Bees do persist!
This poor little creature had either become cold or tired in the shade so I picked up the pot containing the Dahlia and placed it in the warm Sun!
It was soon up and running again.Can't have them sleeping on the job,can we?
Take care of them and they will take care of us?
This shot was about 1 & 1/2 times life size on the camera Shot on my Nikon D3 + Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro with X 1.7 converter