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Big Black Bees
Wandering Man:
Found these bees out pollinating Wife's esperanza today.
There was one bee who had yellow fuzz on her thorax. Then there were several others that were totally black. The totally black bees were camera shy. I was only able to get one good shot of them. The one wearing the fur coat seemed to be pretty proud of her fur. She allowed me to take lots of pics.
Anyone know what kind of a black bee these are?
neillsayers:
Bumble bees?
Carpenter bees?
Wandering Man:
The bumblers we have around here have black and yellow bands. I thought it might be big for a carpenter bee. But maybe not.
neillsayers:
You got my curiosity piqued so I did an internet search. I believe the fellows with the yellow circle on their thorax are eastern carpenter bees. The solid black I believe is a female valley carpenter bee. She's at the easternmost of her range in your area if that is what she is.
Great pics, WM! :)
Wandering Man:
Thanks for the info, neillsayers.
We had carpenter bees in a cedar gazebo ten years ago when living in Aransas Pass. I've thought some more about those bees, and I think they were big. I remember thinking they were strange looking bumble bees. I think they had white stripes, though.
Now I've got to go learn about these kinds of carpenters.
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