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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena
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Bee mating attempt 2 - Andrena
Copyright © 2013 Tim Turner

Bee mating attempt 2 - Andrena
Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio, USA
April 5, 2013
As in the other series which may be found here:

I was photographing this bee that was on my Cornus mas 'Elegant' (a cultivar of Corneliancherry Dogwood) when another bee slammed into it. This time the bee in this first photo somehow managed to remain on the flower cluster and struggle free of the other, as shown in the following two photos. The flower cluster is roughly 1 cm across.

A more successful result may be found in this series:

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Contributed by Tim Turner on 7 April, 2013 - 12:16am
Last updated 7 April, 2013 - 11:08am

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… Keng-Lou James Hung, 7 April, 2013 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for yet another ID, Keng-Lou.
… Tim Turner, 7 April, 2013 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
My pleasure
:)
My education in insect taxonomy was largely paid for by taxpayers.... :)
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 7 April, 2013 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

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