CLOSED: Don't manage to find the Id of this beautiful bee..

Watch Reply
More
Mark unread Print Skip to new
bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 05, 2008

I found it feeding on Silidago growing in a protected nature reserve in Gent... There was only one so probably a solitary bee..

Thumbnail by bonitin
Post #5371115
Quote
bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 05, 2008

other pic.

Thumbnail by bonitin
Post #5371120
Quote
bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 05, 2008

and a last; a blurry one of its head

Thumbnail by bonitin
Post #5371128
Quote
wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 05, 2008

It's a honey bee, Apis mellifera. They are variable in colour as there has been many subspecies interbreeding, it's near impossible to separate them now. I have seen (and taken pics of!) two different ones, one is nearly all brown.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&resnum=0&q=Apis%20mellifera&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Post #5373511
Quote
bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 06, 2008

That's the one! Thanks a lot!

Post #5375711
Quote

Post a Reply to this Thread

Please or sign up to post.
Back to Forum Homepage

More Insect and Spider Identification Threads

Go to all Insect and Spider Identification threads
BACK TO TOP