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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Honey Bees (Apini) » Apis » Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
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Unknown Bee. - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2009 nature boy

Unknown Bee. - Apis mellifera
Holly Hill, Volusia County, Florida, USA
September 21, 2009
Size: 3/4 inch

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Unknown Bee. - Apis mellifera Unknown Bee. - Apis mellifera Unknown Bee. - Apis mellifera
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Contributed by nature boy on 22 September, 2009 - 11:35am
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 4:10pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 25 September, 2009 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

isn't this just a honeybee [Apis mellifera]?
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… v belov, 22 September, 2009 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Apparently they vary enough to confuse people....
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 September, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
It can take great courage - really! - to post and ID these.
There's always that nagging feeling re: "What if I'm wrong about a plain ol' honey bee?"
… Ron Hemberger, 22 September, 2009 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Eric, for confirming my guess
i wish i had enough leisure to stare at BG Aculeata for a few hundred hours and learn something at last. maybe one day i'll stop messing with beetles/bugs and do just that.
… v belov, 22 September, 2009 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

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