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Rock Bee

Apis dorsata

Photo by surekha
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Field Notes

Description:

A really big honey bee.

Habitat:

Gardens

Notes:

I think it is a giant bee or the rock bee. Although not very sure.
Found some info on : http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/apiculture/fe_api_typesofhoneybee.html. <br>
Never seen one this close ever! He seemed to stick to his norms of being busy as usual. He did buzz around me a little and decided not to be bothered with a little bit of lense intrusion :)

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Apis dorsata

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Comments (2)
surekha
:) Thanks for all the nice comments, Jemma!

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