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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Bumble Bee With Unusual Markings
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:48:45 -0500
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Thanks for looking, Nathan. Aram &? I have been working on the ID.? 
We've concluded that it is a Black-and-Gold Bumble Bee.? There are some 
more photos in later posts.

On 8/23/21 11:36 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Can?t help with the ID of the critter, but the photo is great.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 18 Aug 2021, at 21:02, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210818-P8180301-Enhanced.JPG.html
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>> X-E1 with 50-200 and monopod.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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