[Leica] [OM] IMG: Immature Carpenter Bee On Rose of Sharon

[Jeffery Smith]

Among honeybees all worker bees (the ones that sting) were originally females. The stinging apparatus used to be an ovipositor for laying eggs. So they aren't reproductive any more. The males are called drones. They don't collect pollen, and have no stinger. They can mate with the queen. And the queen, of course, is female.

> On Aug 5, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> Nice photo. I cannot help asking: how do you tell the gender of a bee??
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>> On 1 Aug 2021, at 23:12, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net <mailto:jhnichols at lighttube.net>> wrote:
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>> I found this Immature Carpenter Bee exploring a Rose of Sharon bloom, trying to learn his job.  He was clumsy, but managed to get a little pollen on his body and face.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210801-P8019990-Enhanced.JPG.html
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