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Apis mellifera ? - Apis mellifera Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA July 11, 2008 Size: ~14mm
Another odd bee from our garden, at first I thought it was just an odd color honey bees in amongst all the regular color honey bee on the plant, but I'm not sure. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 12 July, 2008 - 10:15am Last updated 30 July, 2008 - 3:11pm |