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Black bee with yellow face - Melissodes bimaculata Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA Size: approx 1.5cm
About 10 of these bees were visiting a small lavendar patch. This bee stayed on this grass in an inverted position for minimum of 10 minutes.
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