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bumblebees mating - Bombus impatiens - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Terry Sincheff

bumblebees mating - Bombus impatiens - Male Female
Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
August 18, 2009
Bombus mating on hummingbird feeder. What sp.

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Contributed by Terry Sincheff on 18 August, 2009 - 6:35pm
Last updated 23 September, 2009 - 12:38pm

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Photo quality not the highest, but behavior interesting, and may be a useful data point for the timing of this species' mating.
… Abigail Parker, 23 September, 2009 - 12:38pm

Great find
impatiens is the species. Seems their mating "window" is late August through October
… Vespula Vulgaris, 18 August, 2009 - 6:55pm

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