Posted by <vicky on April 5, 2011, 9:20 am
I realised last summer that I'm very bad at identifying bees which aren't
bumble or honey bees. I've taken a photo of something that was slugging
around on the allotment and I assumed it was a wasp, but having looked a bit
closer (now it's HUGE rather than on a diddly screen), it looks a bit more
hairy than I had thought, so have I mis-assigned it to the wasp family?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47493880@N00/5592174504/
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Posted by Sacha on April 5, 2011, 9:49 am
> I realised last summer that I'm very bad at identifying bees which aren't
> bumble or honey bees. I've taken a photo of something that was slugging
> around on the allotment and I assumed it was a wasp, but having looked a bit
> closer (now it's HUGE rather than on a diddly screen), it looks a bit more
> hairy than I had thought, so have I mis-assigned it to the wasp family?
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47493880@N00/5592174504/
Is it a Solitary Bee? If you go to the bottom of this page you'll see
some and a link to a gallery, too.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Mike Lyle on April 5, 2011, 10:28 am
>I realised last summer that I'm very bad at identifying bees which aren't
>bumble or honey bees. I've taken a photo of something that was slugging
>around on the allotment and I assumed it was a wasp, but having looked a bit
>closer (now it's HUGE rather than on a diddly screen), it looks a bit more
>hairy than I had thought, so have I mis-assigned it to the wasp family?
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/47493880@N00/5592174504/
Bumble bee. Wasps are smooth and the ordinary ones have very distinct
stripes as well as the equally pronounced famous wasp waist.
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Mike.
Posted by <vicky on April 5, 2011, 11:41 am
>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/47493880@N00/5592174504/
>
> Bumble bee. Wasps are smooth and the ordinary ones have very distinct
> stripes as well as the equally pronounced famous wasp waist.
Non-bumbley bee, I think you'll find. But yes, the more I look at it the
more I'm inclined to agree.
Also, the fact that it was mostly asleep and almost underground would also
seem to imply a beelikeness.
Posted by Mike Lyle on April 5, 2011, 12:41 pm
>>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/47493880@N00/5592174504/
>>
>> Bumble bee. Wasps are smooth and the ordinary ones have very distinct
>> stripes as well as the equally pronounced famous wasp waist.
>Non-bumbley bee, I think you'll find. But yes, the more I look at it the
>more I'm inclined to agree.
>Also, the fact that it was mostly asleep and almost underground would also
>seem to imply a beelikeness.
Well, non-hive bee, at any rate, and certainly not a wasp. I can't
claim knowledge of all the bee species, though it would be nice if I
knew more than just "honey" for one lot and "bumble" for the rest.
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Mike.
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> bumble or honey bees. I've taken a photo of something that was slugging
> around on the allotment and I assumed it was a wasp, but having looked a bit
> closer (now it's HUGE rather than on a diddly screen), it looks a bit more
> hairy than I had thought, so have I mis-assigned it to the wasp family?
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/47493880@N00/5592174504/