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Bumble Bee

Bombus Fraternus

Photo by Nicholas4
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Field Notes

Habitat:

This one was after lavender flowers..

Notes:

Two worker bees were fighting over flower use..

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
KristalWatrous
It is hard to ID the bees om this photo to species, but I'm pretty sure I don't see a B. fraternus in the bunch. It would be easiest to ID them all as Bumble bees - Bombus sp. and call it good. Here's a general Bombus link:http://bugguide.net/node/view/3077

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PublishedJuly 5, 2011

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