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Red-tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus ternarius? if not which? - Bombus ternarius
Copyright © 2005 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Red-tailed Bumble Bee, Bombus ternarius? if not which? - Bombus ternarius
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 22, 2005
Size: 1 inch approx.
I noticed there are 4 or 5 different ones-which one is this-they aren't very common here.
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 23 September, 2005 - 11:16pm
Last updated 29 December, 2007 - 3:18pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 October, 2006 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

B. ternarius
a northern species
… John S. Ascher, 3 October, 2006 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

Is it dead?
Is this one dead? Because I don't think you would "bee" holding a live one. Just making sure.
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 2 July, 2006 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
The only bees I hold are eith
The only bees I hold are either dead or cooled way down in the frig. and I have to be fast with those cos they wake up quicky.(and sometimes-if I'm SURE-stingless bees)
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 2 July, 2006 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

Excellent colors, Jo.
I wish all the bee pix from Colorado showed colors this vividly.
… Jim McClarin, 23 February, 2006 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

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