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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)
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Bombus Who? - Bombus melanopygus
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Bombus Who? - Bombus melanopygus
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
April 9, 2007
I visit this site often, but am now seeing many types of bees here for the first time. I wonder if it's our exceptionally dry conditions, which might make bees go farther for food. (Any thoughts on this? There isn't a lot blooming.)

While two kinds of carpen*ter bees frequent the site, I've seen three different Bombus spp. in the last couple of weeks. There are also many small bees that I haven't noticed previously.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 10 April, 2007 - 10:58pm
Last updated 11 April, 2007 - 12:10pm

Bombus melanopygus
edwardsii color form
… John S. Ascher, 11 April, 2007 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
John
… Ron Hemberger, 11 April, 2007 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

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