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Colletes? - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2016 Ann Walter-Fromson

Colletes? - Apis mellifera
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
June 19, 2016
Foraging for nectar on Echinacea purpurea.

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Colletes? - Apis mellifera Colletes? - Apis mellifera
Contributed by Ann Walter-Fromson on 26 June, 2016 - 9:12am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 26 June, 2016 - 9:40am

 
Apis mellifera
Thanks for the ID. This particular bee looked much hairier than other Apis mellifera I have seen.
… Ann Walter-Fromson, 26 June, 2016 - 1:56pm

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