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Bombus pensylvanicus (possibly?)

Photo by MickGrant
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Field Notes

Description:

Large black bee (Bumble Bee - Possibly Apidae)

Habitat:

taking pollen from (cone) echinacea flowers

Notes:

From the Ohio State Park site "Bumble Bees"

When we think of bees, we usually picture the fat and fuzzy bumble bee, with its cheerful yellow stripes and familiar buzz. Bumble bees live in colonies of about 200 bees. When springtime comes, the queen bee’s job is to lay hundreds of eggs, including a few future daughter queens and kings, and many worker bees

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
MickGrant
Shea thanks for that - I have added two more views of this spotting taken at the same time.
SheaEckert
Bumblebee. But there are 250 different species of bumblebee and it would be very hard to identify!

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedJuly 18, 2011

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