Color Challenge - Wednesday Yellow - Dead Bumblebee on Sunflower

I was rather astonished to find this Bumblebee dead, hung upside down from the yellow threads, in the middle of the Sunflower. It is pretty rare for me to find this sort of scene. Normally the Bumblebees die and end up on the ground or in things like buckets, cups, tires, etc. I have looked through my books and can't seem to find anything listed as a predator of the Bumblebee that would leave it like this. Especially without a larger web structure around it or nearby.

I wonder if bees a have saying like humans, "At least it died doing what it loved...."? At least it died ON a flower.... Not sure if that is consolation or not.

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Camera: Nikon D7200 w/ AF-S DX 18-140mm/3.5-5.6G ED VR
Processed with: Photoshop CS6

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