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Bumble bee

Bombus (sp)

Photo by iPlayBanjoNow
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Field Notes

Description:

This bumble bee spent a good hour hanging around our lilac. It was incorrectly labeled as a carpenter bee, but it's been corrected, thanks to Juan.

Habitat:

According to wikipedia, bumble bees prefer higher altitudes and latitudes, though some lowland tropical species are an exception. This one was in our backyard in the Hudson Valley.

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Comments (2)
iPlayBanjoNow
Thank you for correcting this, Juan! I had a feeling the abdomen was too hairy to be a carpenter bee.
Juan DiTrani
Hi iPlayBanjoNow, this is not a Carpenter bee, is a Bumblebee (Bombus sp.)

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Great Pollinator Project of NYC
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PublishedMay 13, 2011

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