bumble ID ?
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We get a good variety of bees here, but today I saw a smallish bumble bee type i had not seen before,it was black/ fuzzy but not thick fuzz, but shiny in the sunlight its wings were translucent with a electric blue quality, body/ tail also gave off a blue luminescence though basically black, no stripes. It was visiting our pot marigiolds. Can anyone help identify it please ?
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Here's a DIY guide
http://www.bumblebee.org/key.htm
Work through the list on the left-hand panel.
Good hunting - should keep you buzzy
http://www.bumblebee.org/key.htm
Work through the list on the left-hand panel.
Good hunting - should keep you buzzy
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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thanks Alan, i have seen bombus subterranous and muscorum all ginger, which are rare - we are near a saltmarsh.
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mike thank you will look that up, yes looks like it was a blue mason bee, plenty trees round here with holes for their nesting and they also need mud which my ducks love to create by puddling from water bowls / ponds even in summer. It must have been a female cos quite large and fat like a small bumble.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/57734089@N03/6866476710/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/57734089@N03/6866476710/
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