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This would be Bombus terricola. It's the only species in NS with a banded a=
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Angus
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> Date: Mon=2C 3 Jun 2013 08:15:54 -0700
> From: paulrita2001@yahoo.com
> Subject: [NatureNS] Bee with banded tail
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> Hi All
> Today in my workshop there was a Bumble on the window.
> A big bees - even bigger than most Bombus Impatiens that I see.
> I tried to catch it with my cap but it kept escaping and going back
> to the window so I caught it with my hand and carried it outside.
> It just walked around in my hand as I did so
> The interesting thing about the bee was that it had an banded abdomen
> black and yellow - 4 or 5 bands of each. The colors not too bright.
> Different than any bee that I've seen lately.
> Anyway it flew off to some rhodies.
> Enjoy the summer
> Paul
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It's the only species in NS with a banded abdomen.<BR>
Angus<BR> =3B<BR>
<DIV>>=3B Date: Mon=2C 3 Jun 2013 08:15:54 -0700<BR>>=3B From: paulrita=
2001@yahoo.com<BR>>=3B Subject: [NatureNS] Bee with banded tail<BR>>=3B=
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B Hi All<BR>>=3B Today in=
my workshop there was a Bumble on the window.<BR>>=3B A big bees - even =
bigger than most Bombus Impatiens that I see.<BR>>=3B I tried to catch it=
with my cap but it kept escaping and going back<BR>>=3B to the window so=
I caught it with my hand and carried it outside.<BR>>=3B It just walked =
around in my hand as I did so<BR>>=3B The interesting thing about the bee=
was that it had an banded abdomen<BR>>=3B black and yellow - 4 or 5 band=
s of each. The colors not too bright.<BR>>=3B Different than any bee that=
I've seen lately.<BR>>=3B Anyway it flew off to some rhodies.<BR>>=3B =
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