[Leica] IMG: Bumble Bee With Unusual Markings

[Christopher Crawford]

Great photo. The bumblebees love my Rose of Sharons, too. I often see them crawling into them before they open for the day. Early bee gets the pollen!

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On 8/18/21, 3:02 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jim Nichols" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

    By noon, the Rose of Sharon blooms were about half closed, but a few 
    bees were still working. I caught this large black bee departing a 
    partially closed bloom.  As I looked at the image on my computer screen, 
    I realized that the markings were unusual. It was not a Carpenter Bee, 
    our most common variety, but was thin-waisted and had two thin, fuzzy 
    yellow bands on the abdomen.  Searches online were not helpful.  I 
    assume it is some form of Bumble Bee, but the name eludes me.
    
    http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210818-P8180301-Enhanced.JPG.html
    
    X-E1 with 50-200 and monopod.
    
    -- 
    Jim Nichols
    Tullahoma, TN USA
    
    
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