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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Honey Bees (Apini) » Honey Bees (Apis) » Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
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Looked like a honey bee, but obviously, that was the wrong first impression - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2019 Rachel K Hall

Looked like a honey bee, but obviously, that was the wrong first impression - Apis mellifera
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
July 6, 2017
Feeding on my red coneflower that was blooming in my front yard garden; nice summer day

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Looked like a honey bee, but obviously, that was the wrong first impression - Apis mellifera Looked like a honey bee, but obviously, that was the wrong first impression - Apis mellifera
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Contributed by Rachel Kunc Hall on 21 January, 2019 - 12:34am
Last updated 21 January, 2019 - 7:09pm

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… John S. Ascher, 21 January, 2019 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Honey Bee to me.
What makes you think your first impression was obviously wrong?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 January, 2019 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Guess the body fooled me
I just thought the orange on the abdomen seemed too dominant. Most of the honey bees - or what I call honey bees - only seem to be black on the abdomen "The abdomen is banded black and tan. " I use a local resource here in Nebraska - Fontenelle Forest Nature Search - that is where that quote is from. They also have photos of fauna & flora that are found in our area.
… Rachel Kunc Hall, 21 January, 2019 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

 
They vary quite a bit in coloration.
There are plenty in the Guide with a lot of orange on the abdomen:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 January, 2019 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Just goes to show...
Just goes to show you can't get too complacent. Nor trust just one resource! :)
… Rachel Kunc Hall, 21 January, 2019 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

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