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Another Golden Bee - Bombus flavifrons - male
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Another Golden Bee - Bombus flavifrons - Male
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
June 9, 2007
Size: 18mm
Found on a misty day apparently sleeping (in torpor?) waiting out the wet.
Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 10 June, 2007 - 11:35pm
Last updated 12 September, 2011 - 11:34am

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 13 November, 2009 - 12:27pm

flavifrons
male
… John S. Ascher, 13 November, 2009 - 12:27pm

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