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Bumblebee (Bombus pyrosoma) having a bad day thanks to a hornet (Vespa bicolor)
Bumblebee (Bombus pyrosoma) having a bad day thanks to a hornet (Vespa bicolor)
November 25, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Some Golden Northern Bumble Bees (Bombus Fervidus) hard at work. 💛

#entomology #insect #bees #bumblebee
Photo; dorsal view of a Bumble bee extracting pollen from a pink dragonsnap. The coloration of the bee's fuzzy body and position of its wings form the shape of a yellow heart on its thorax. Photo; side view of a bumble bee climbing into a pink dragonsnap, with only its hind set of legs and the tip of its abdomen hanging out of the flower as it gathers nectar and pollen. Photo; side view of a bumble bee mid-flight, approaching a pink dragonsnap to harvest its nectar. The bee is covered in a dense, yellow fuzz with a black head and legs, a black band on the thorax, as well as 3 to 4 black bands on the abdomen.
November 28, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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BUMBLEBEES OF THE HIMALAYA -
pdf now available from ResearchGate - keys and 337 colour-pattern diagrams, designed for precision IDs in the lab, this is not a field guide (a lockdown project so no opportunities for pics of live bees or characters)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
BUMBLEBEES OF THE HIMALAYA
November 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Great to have Dr Rifat Raina visiting the NHM London to look at our Himalayan bumblebees
November 28, 2024 at 7:19 PM