This one picture is especially worthy, because it shows at once the back of the thorax (with the yellow stripes on the mesoscutum), the front side of the gaster and the face of the insect. The other one (left) is also interesting, by showing how a spring queen's gaster is depleted compared with a fall queen's gaster. Avidly licking the leaves for honeydew or sweet exudates, this female was certainly rather hungry, having not fled away when photographed. Congratulations anyway!