I don't find the upper yellow distracting at all, on the contrary it draws my eye through the whole image from upper right to lower left so as to not miss very much at all in the image. With the bee in the center it gives the eyes a slight pause, but then it continues down to the end of the photo taking the whole thing in.
If an attempt to crop the upper yellow were made it would leave that little bit of odd yellow to the upper right of the bee making it look like a false wing, so I think it does add to the overall effect of the image.
Thanks for the lovely comment. Gotta agree with you after some reconsideration.