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Re: [OM] IMG: Bee-Lated Bee Photo (was: Un-Bee-Lievable!)

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Bee-Lated Bee Photo (was: Un-Bee-Lievable!)
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 17:50:30 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/9423150689/
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>>       It really surprised me when I saw the first photo that the thorax and 
>>head were a metallic green.  Luckily, the Audobon guide for insects had a 
>>photo of a Virescent Metallic Green Bee (Agapostemon virescens) that looked 
>>awfully close, and by way of the white bands on the abdomen this one is a 
>>female.
>
>Interesting bee.
>

     Yes, and it was a total surprise.  Usually the population is dominated by 
almost a dozen varieties of honey bees, but today there were just two solitary 
ones, so the two small white bees stood out.  They've propbably been here every 
year past, but their size kept them from being noticed.


Chris
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