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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) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » vagans or sandersoni (Bombus vagans or sandersoni)
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Confused about bees - Bombus - female
Copyright © 2011 Don Johnston

Confused about bees - Bombus - Female
Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2011
Size: small, about 1/2 inche
I think 1 and 2 are the same. Up till recently I presumed these were honeybees, reserving the bumblebee designation for really large bees. My son however thinks these are also bumblebees. I attach Bee_3 for reference which certainly resembles the honeybees I've seen on the bee-keepers' hives. If someone could clarify, I would be grateful. Thanks.
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Contributed by Don Johnston on 3 August, 2011 - 9:17am
Last updated 3 September, 2011 - 10:50am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 3 August, 2011 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

unlinked this one -not the same individual, and diff. genus, too
this seems to be a Bombus
only images of the same individual can be linked
… v belov, 3 August, 2011 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

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