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The bee was a skinny bee, not like the honey bees I'm used to seeing at lower elevations.
We were taking pictures of the Mountain Magnolia and spotted this bee going to each flower.
At the Lenn Foote Inn, accessible from Amicolola Falls State park via a 5 mile hike at the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, there is a bee hive house that they keep for conservation and educational purposes.
Spotted on Jul 4, 2011
Submitted on Jul 4, 2011
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Your description as a "skinny bee" leads me to think it could actually be a hover fly in the family Syrphidae. Unfortunately the photo is far enough away that a definitive ID of the insect is nearly impossible. Sorry.