Don’t come any closer indicates this tree bumblebee (trehumle) by lifting a leg!
Known apparently as Disturbance Leg-lift Response (DLR)!
The plant is Ligularia japonica.
Ligularia japonica flowering for the first time in the garden and an Admiral checked it out :)
Eaten in Japan, I haven’t tried it yet…
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden