Bumble Bee on Ratibida pinnata - Bombus griseocollis -
Junction City, 15 mi. SE, Flint Hills/Tall Grass Prairie/Geary County, Kansas, USA July 19, 2017
This bumble bee was foraging on gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) in our Creek Field prairie restoration. I am wondering if it is also Bombus auricomus (which you identified for me on bee balm last week).