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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 25, 2008

I thought this one would be easy. I used to call these bumble bees but apparently not.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 25, 2008

This looks more like a bumble bee (Bombus spp.) than anything else; if it were a carpenter bee, the abdomen would appear shiny. At least nine species of Bombus have been recorded from your general area (see http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/bombus/nneotropic.html), but images do not appear available for most of these.

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johnpeten San Andres, Peten, Guatemala Oct 25, 2008

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.flickr.com/27/47986695_0e81e698db_o.jpg&imgrefurl=http://girlscientist.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html&h=411&w=575&sz=55&hl=en&start=7&um=1&usg=__YMHeg9UOK-L1cZGB4WjQI32R4hM=&tbnid=MkHVdWneGVKWuM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbombus%2Bmexicanus%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLR_en___GT264%26sa%3DN
Yes looking at the Bumblebees this is certainly a Bombus and it's habits are as I remembered them. I am guessing mexicanus as it is local to my area. As you said no actual named photo.
There is a very good blog on Bumblebees on the link. Scroll down past the birds. Tells you everything you could wish to know.

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