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Catatonic bees were in the geranium flowers - species and explanation? - Andrena - female
Copyright © 2011 Ann and Rob Simpson

Catatonic bees were in the geranium flowers - species and explanation? - Andrena - Female
Gravel Springs Gap; Appalachian Trail, Shenandoah National Park County, Virginia, USA
May 9, 2010
Size: looked smaller than Apis

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Catatonic bees were in the geranium flowers - species and explanation? - Andrena Catatonic bees were in the geranium flowers - species and explanation? - Andrena - female
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Contributed by Ann and Rob Simpson on 11 December, 2011 - 8:35pm
Last updated 12 December, 2011 - 2:19pm

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… John S. Ascher, 12 December, 2011 - 6:16am login or register to post comments

Andrena
this one's a female

likely they were simply too cool for rapid activity

I would expect the female to sleep in her nest
… John S. Ascher, 12 December, 2011 - 6:14am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John for your identifications
I don't know about their natural history but could the female not have a nest since it is pretty early in the spring? - thanks Rob
… Ann and Rob Simpson, 22 December, 2011 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

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