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Copyright © 2007 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Bumble Bee - Bombus vosnesenskii -

Sunnyvale (Bay Area), Santa Clara County, California, USA
May 20, 2007

It it coincidence that these back legs match the flower? The only place I have seen bees with these legs is on Orange Poppies (which are pretty common around here).

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 1 June, 2007 - 7:31pm
Last updated 18 May, 2015 - 6:10pm

Edit

I've changed the location info because it came out as "Bay Area County".

The "County/Parish/District/Region:" field is really only for the county or equivalent. In Canada there are jurisdictions called "districts" and "regions" that are loosely equivalent to counties.

… Chuck Entz, 1 June, 2007 - 10:13pm

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Bay Area

Sorry about that - I originally thought that Bay Area would be more familiar, but of course county and city are more accurate!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2007 - 2:22am

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It's not really about accuracy

The system assumes that you've entered a county name and adds the word "county" at the end. If you wanted to just say "Bay Area", you would put it after the city name and leave the county/parish/district/region field blank.

Still, it's nice to have the county information. The automated mapping currently only uses the state/province information, but we hope to upgrade that someday.

… Chuck Entz, 2 June, 2007 - 10:28am

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The orange on the legs is pollen the bee has collected -

that's why it matches the flowers. It carries the pollen in long hairs on the legs, called pollen baskets.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 1 June, 2007 - 8:47pm

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Matching colors

Thanks Hannah - Seeing is all very fine, but I will like it better when I know what I am looking at!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2007 - 2:25am

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I've moved this to the guide

for info on how to do this yourself, see Help.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 June, 2007 - 9:18am

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in a concave, hairless area

the corbicula

surrounded by long hairs

… John S. Ascher, 1 June, 2007 - 9:45pm

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Bombus vosnesenskii

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… John S. Ascher, 1 June, 2007 - 7:43pm

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I compared to other pictures on this site

I would have been thrown by the longer thinner look of the body, but the markings are distinctive.

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2007 - 2:16pm

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Thanks for the ID, and detailed info!

I had no idea there were so many different kinds of bees all in one small area!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2007 - 2:30am

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