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Wild Flora wrote:
>I too had a bee-like insect working my crocuses yesterday. It looked like a
>honeybee--even had large pollen sacks on the legs--but I could count only
>two wings. Is it safe for me to assume that this was indeed a honeybee and
>that I was just having trouble seeing the second pair of wings? (The insect
>was moving so quickly that I did have trouble getting a good look at her.)
>
Hi Flora & All, Apr 21, 2007
It was a honeybee. When parked, the small hind wings are hidden
beneath the front wings. In favourable light the hind wings can be seen
at eye level; e.g. when Honeybees are working sunflower.
Sometimes circular reasoning (as in Sudoku) helps. Because it had
large pollen sacks it must have been a bee and therefore had four wings.
Because it looked like a Honeybee and buzzed like a Honeybee ---
DW, Kentville
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