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Black carpenter bee

Photo by rivu.ghorai
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Field Notes

Description:

it is a big (2") bee compared to honey bee. has a glistering black body with a yellow stripe on abdomen. flies with constant buzzing noise...

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ceherzog
Maybe a kind of Carpenter Bee...it seems to be making a hole in a woody stem.

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PublishedMay 27, 2011

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