CLOSED: A hairy bee feeding on the flowers of Chamelaucium uncinatum

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nzwide New Plymouth, New Zealand Apr 30, 2015

I would appreciate the ID of this bee. It doesn't have the orange bands of the honey bee

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 30, 2015

This very well could be a honey bee (Apis mellifera); like humans, this species can show considerable variability in coloration. See v for another bandless individual and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apis_mellifera_subspecies for detailed information on the various subspecies.

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