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Woolcarder? bee covered in mites? - Anthidium oblongatum

Woolcarder? bee covered in mites? - Anthidium oblongatum
Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 1, 2018
I found this bee in the house and gave it honey as it was in distress. It soon flew away and it wasn't until reviewing my images I saw what looks like dozens of mites behind the bee's head and thorax.

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