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Bombus sp
Darker lower body with golden back.
Prairie area on wild flowers
Asrugan, I'm a Bee specialist, I have been working with native bees for more than 15 years.
When a Bumblebee colony is starting, the first workers can be even smaller than a Honeybee. On the other hand, Honeybees are never so hairy, nor has that color patern or wing venation.
Though in looking more, you maybe right, it maybe a different sort of bumblebee from our more common black/yellow juggernauts of bees we get around here. I'll give it a day or so to mull it over.
I'm afraid not. not only is this bee smaller than a bumblebee it's colors run more black/gold than the usual black/yellow. We do get plenty of bumblebees out here, but this one is not, it's some sort of honey type bee.
Spotted on Oct 3, 2011
Submitted on Oct 3, 2011
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