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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Photo#286016
Copyright © 2009
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Halictus? -
Apis mellifera
Shady Canyon, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
June 7, 2009
Size: ~1.2cm
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Contributed by
Elliotte Rusty Harold
on 9 June, 2009 - 9:48am
Last updated 24 June, 2009 - 6:50pm
No.
Our non-native
Apis mellifera
instead.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 9 June, 2009 - 10:01am
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The non-orange ones continue
The non-orange ones continue to fool me. :-)
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
, 9 June, 2009 - 10:55am
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Keep posting!
They fool me, too, but everytime I pass on an "iffy" bee, I wonder if I was wrong later. (Almost missed a squash bee recently by thinking it the garden variety insect.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 9 June, 2009 - 11:55am
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