What is it?

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Wally
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What is it?

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Dan Donovan sent me this pic he took on Aug. 26, 2010.
Can anyone identify the bee?




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ski
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Post by ski »

Maybe a type of metallic sweat bee.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/bees/sweat-bees/
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search& ... +sweat+bee
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Jacobs
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Post by Jacobs »

I was going to guess it was a honey bee that got into some fermented sugar water and is now a little green around the thorax.
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braswell
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green bees

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Possible :lol: from Mars, Marsion bees
Allergic
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