Bumble Bee

I have been taking an increasing number of bee shots, partly due to a growing interest interest and partly because of an obsession with taking an increasingly better shot. However, on this occasion I was not primarily interested in taking photos of bees, but in the butterflies (in particular the Painted Ladies) that were attracted to the Verbena Bonariensis that I had planted in the front garden for this very purpose.
Whilst I did get some OK shots of the butterflies, I feel that this shot of a bumble bee was everything I hoped it would be, just without a butterfly. The bokeh (blurred background) makes the shot uncluttered, and, whilst the verbena stems in the background are noticeable, I don’t feel that they are too intrusive. The verbena to the side shows that the picture was taken in situ and not staged. The bee is in focus, despite the large aperture, even when viewed at 1:1, and, although she is only a small part of the picture, I find my eyes drawn to her.
The lens used was my trusty Canon 100mm Macro (a purchase I have never regretted), ISO 200, 1/250 secs, f/7.1. If I could take this picture again, the only change I would make would be to stop down the aperture a bit to give a little more depth of field, although this would impact the bokeh.