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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) » Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
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Bee Fly ? - Bombus impatiens - male
Copyright © 2014 chandaiman69

Bee Fly ? - Bombus impatiens - Male
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
September 12, 2014
Wonder if it is a bee fly !
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Contributed by chandaiman69 on 13 September, 2014 - 12:02am
Last updated 20 December, 2014 - 8:10pm

Moved
Moved from Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 15 September, 2014 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

 
The bee was taken in British
The bee was taken in British Columbia, West Canada.
I checked Bombus impatiens ranges in the east coast.
Wonder if it's also found in west coast.
… chandaiman69, 15 September, 2014 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
yes
http://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?taxon=56797&location[]=BC

http://stri.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Bombus%20impatiens

"Now widely used for greenhouse pollination in California and Mexico, far outside its native range." http://bugguide.net/node/view/56797#range
… hg, 15 September, 2014 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much for the info
Thanks very much for the info
… chandaiman69, 15 September, 2014 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it has escaped, despite
Yes, it has escaped, despite the assurances of the sellers that it would not and could not, and apparently is becoming established in parts of the West, a long distance from where it belongs. :-(
… Liz Day, 17 September, 2014 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

It's a bee alright. Not sure if it's an anthophorine or eucerine. I think it's in one of those two groups. We'll wait and see what the bee experts say.
… Joe, 13 September, 2014 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

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