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Tri-coloured bumble bee - Bombus ternarius
Copyright © 2011 Ilze V-G.

Tri-coloured bumble bee - Bombus ternarius
City of Greater Sudbury, Fairbank Lake, Ontario, Canada
July 4, 2011
Size: approx 1.5cm
There seem to be more of these bees than any other here at Fairbank Lake. They love rasberry, wild aster and goldenrod blooms!

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Contributed by Ilze V-G. on 21 September, 2011 - 12:32pm
Last updated 25 October, 2013 - 10:51am

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The internet is causing me grief today won't take the extra shots I have either, I had the data and it did not save it all either???
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