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14-06-2010, 08:07 PM
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| | | Bee for ID
Is this our friend Bombus Hypnorum?  
Quite a small bee, seems to like this particular plant. |
14-06-2010, 08:19 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London
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| | | Re: Bee for ID
Evening Robin,
I don't think so, sorry 
There shouldn't be any white on the lower sides of the thorax, it should be black - your individual has it going right up to the head down there apparently. As far as I know hypnorum should be considered more ' moderate' in size too, and this year I've seen a few fairly small Bombus pascuorum - which I have a feeling yours might be. Bombus hypnorum: http://www.opalwestmidlands.org/bees...s-hypnorum.jpg Bombus pascuorum: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizB...cuorum-web.jpg
Still, wait to here from Stuart - I could be wrong.
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14-06-2010, 09:01 PM
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| | | Re: Bee for ID
Not absolutely sure about this one. I think it possibly is B. hypnorum, but I just can not be certain. I'd need to see a bit more of the tail to be confident.
Sorry I can't be more positive.
Stuart |
14-06-2010, 09:10 PM
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Maybe these will help, the tail looks white-ish to me.   |
14-06-2010, 09:24 PM
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It does look like Bombus hypnorum, especially the flight shot
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14-06-2010, 09:42 PM
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| | | Re: Bee for ID
Definately B.hypnorum now we can see the last 2 pictures. |
14-06-2010, 09:48 PM
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| | | Re: Bee for ID
Agreed - I don't know what happened in the very first image! Thanks for the additional images, Robin. |
14-06-2010, 10:01 PM
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| | | Re: Bee for ID
Could you pm me the deatils of this so that I can add it to the BWARS database and maps?
Cheers, Stuart | | |
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