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Honey Bee

Filed in Bees, 21 April, 2009, 8:07 pm

Apis mellifera
The name, from Latin, means “honey carrying” and refers to the ball of pollen they carry on their legs (seen in the top photo). This one was buzzing about a plum tree bloom at the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC.

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Carpenter Bee

Filed in Bees, 18 March, 2009, 4:21 pm

Xylocopa virginica
The bee above was hanging out on some Goldenrod in the Raulston Arboretum. Looks like she made friend with a Leatherwing Beetle. The last one is totally nom nomming all sloppy like in some pollenicious goldenrod.

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Velvet Ant

Filed in Bees, 16 February, 2009, 1:47 pm

Pseudomethoca simillim
Latin for “oh this is going to hurt”. No, not really. But – this fuzzy little dudette isn’t an ant at all. It’s a flightless wasp and is commonly called a Velvet Ant or a Cow Killer (Ant). This one was found on Pilot Mountain in North Carolina a few hours before sunset (these [...]

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Sweat Bee

Filed in Bees, 8 January, 2009, 12:37 pm

Lasioglossum (Dialictus)
I really liked these photos because the archive size shows the thick sticky globs of pollen on this bee’s legs so well! 
These photos were taken at the Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC.