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A bee to check out. - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2006 Kildale

A bee to check out. - Apis mellifera
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
July 27, 2006
This bee that I photographed today resembles the honey bee that was ID'd earlier but it lacks the dark brown rings. Information about it would be welcome. Thanks
Contributed by Kildale on 27 July, 2006 - 5:18pm
Last updated 17 August, 2006 - 2:09pm

Honey bee
It is a honey bee. They come in a range of colors, from blonde to almost all black. The pollen mass in its pollen basket is typical of Apis mellifera
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 July, 2006 - 9:20pm

 
Bee
Thank you Beatriz for the ID.
… Kildale, 27 July, 2006 - 11:06pm

female of ??
no wing venation.
… Adalbert Goertz, 27 July, 2006 - 5:22pm

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