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| "Thank you" to Krystle Hickman, for some suggested identifications. |
Image 1. A honey bee on Tithonia rotundifolia in a botanical garden.
Image 2. A honey bee on Tithonia rotundifolia in a botanical garden.
Image 3. Honey bee on lavender, southern France.
Image 4. Honey bee on Asclepias eriocarpa in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Image 5. Honey bee on Asclepias eriocarpa in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Image 6. Honey bee on Asclepias eriocarpa in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Image 7. A honey bee on Dichelostemma capitatum, Sierra Nevada foothills.
Image 8. A honey bee on Heterotheca mucronata.
Image 9. A honey bee on Ericameria sp.
Image 10. A bee on clover, "possibly Bombus pascuorum or something similar"
Image 11. A honey bee on Eriophyllum lanatum in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 12. Honey bee on a lupine.
Image 13. A honey bee on Pelargonium sp.
Image 14. Honey bee on a purple flower.
Image 15. A bee, possibly Bombus centralis, on Frasera speciosa, in the Sierra Nevada.
Image 16. Bees
Image 17. A "bumble" bee, probably Bombus sylvicola. Image 18. A "bumble" bee, probably Bombus sylvicola.
Image 19. Bees nests?
Image 20. The rapidly moving wings are just a blur while it hovers and puts its long proboscis into the Echium vulgare flower. Bee flies, which are not bees, are in the family Bombyliidae. The photo was taken in southern France.
Image 21. These mating bee flies are in the family Bombyliidae. They mimic honeybees in appearance. The photo was taken in southern France. Image 22. Wasp nest on a beachside cliff, Mendocino, California
Image 23. Wadp nest on a beachside cliff, Mendocino, California
Image 24. Wasp nest on the ground, in California, with some Clarkia flowers |
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