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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) » Honey Bees (Apini) » Honey Bees (Apis) » Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
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Bee on wild rose - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2006 Bob Pisko

Bee on wild rose - Apis mellifera
Lethbridge - Oldman River Valley, Alberta, Canada
June 11, 2005
Size: 1.25 cm
There are around 35 species of honeybees in Alberta. I don't see any pollen sacs, and the markings are difficult to match up with the (huge) database of images. Help?
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Contributed by Bob Pisko on 16 October, 2006 - 7:46pm
Last updated 13 December, 2007 - 8:07pm

there is ONE species of honey bee in Alberta:
Apis mellifera
… John S. Ascher, 16 October, 2006 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
bee
oops - I guess (I'm really new at this bug stuff) I meant "bumblebee" as the following is posted on www.weaslehead.org - "The Nevada Bumble Bee is one of the 35 species or so of the easily recognized and beloved Bumble Bee species that are found in Alberta."
… Bob Pisko, 16 October, 2006 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I know of only 27 bumble bee species recorded from Alberta
and two additional possible species
… John S. Ascher, 17 October, 2006 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

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