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Comments (5)
NicoleLook
Ronald and Amissa: The yellow coloration on bumble bees is part of their actual body, not pollen. I have also found a lot of carpenter bees around my house this summer. They are amazing little creatures, I think.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Possibly Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex. You're not in OC but this site is great at finding organisms near by http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hymenopt/Xylocopa%20tabaniformis%20orpifex.htm
Ronald and Amissa
This guy originally had yellow pollen on him idk if that determines his species. I agree with you two though... He is a carpenter bee. Thanks!
KristalWatrous
That's a carpenter bee. Not sure the species... off to look...
NicoleLook
Is this a bumble bee? Or a Carpenter Bee? As I understand it, Bumble bees have black and yellow and Carpenter Bess are all black? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_bee
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2011

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