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Zach likes bees
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Bee enthusiast and taxonomist
Before and after the nectar probing is also classic pollen-feeding behavior where it eats pollen by drawing the foreleg through the mouthparts
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
One of the records in question: www.gbif.org/occurrence/1...
Occurrence Detail 1065175706
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October 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's a male Golden northern bumblebee (Bombus fervidus). A good bee.
September 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM