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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Bees</title>
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		<title>Carpenter Bee from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/22/carpenter-bee-from-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bumble Bee - Australia
Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:38 PM
I took this picture on the 21/12/2008 in my garden. Is this a Bumble Bee or a Carpenter Bee? What would be the common name and scientific ID? The bee was moving from flower to flower on a Purple Duranta. It had a loud slow wing [...]


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		<title>Yellow Faced Bumble Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/12/yellow-faced-bumble-bee-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/12/yellow-faced-bumble-bee-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a bee or a beatle?
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:37 PM
This was on our back deck here in the Seattle area. I thought it was dead because it didn&#8217;t move for almost two days. We put it in a jar for my step-son to take to his science teacher to find out, but [...]


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		<title>Green Orchid Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/green-orchid-bee-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/green-orchid-bee-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turquoise Bug That Looks Like a Bee
Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I was taking pictures of bumblebees in my yard and saw this beautiful blue bug that hovered by the same yellow flowers. Do you know what it is? It looks like a mutant bumblebee in shape! The color is amazing. Thank you in [...]


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		<title>Male Eastern Carpenter Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/10/03/male-eastern-carpenter-bee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/10/03/male-eastern-carpenter-bee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Male Carpenter Bee
Hey guys, thanks again for the website. I concur with everyone who says they love it. Here are some pics of a Male Carpenter Bee, as you can see the white patch on his face. These were taken back in April of &#8216;06. I was able to get SUPER close to him. The [...]


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		<title>Bumble Bee:  Mating aggregation</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/29/bumble-bee-mating-aggregation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/29/bumble-bee-mating-aggregation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug Love Frenzy! And a Little Hitchhiker!
I just went out again to check on the bumblebees and a number of others have joined in the fun!
Can you let me know what the little hitchhiker is on the highest bumblebee?
Thanks,
Roberta
Andover, MA
Bumblebee Love
I thought you would enjoy this picture of the &#8220;bumblebee love gathering&#8221; in my garden. [...]


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		<title>Sonoran Carpenter Bee in Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/15/sonoran-carpenter-bee-in-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/09/15/sonoran-carpenter-bee-in-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[a bee that is not a part of your online collection
A friend of mine recently sent me a picture of a bee that wasn&#8217;t familiar with. Her name is Olive and she lives on the island of Kauai. After looking at your site, I found no matches. But I think I&#8217;ve discovered that it&#8217;s a [...]


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		<title>Northern Golden Bumblebee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/09/northern-golden-bumblebee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/09/northern-golden-bumblebee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Northen Golden Bumblebee?  Hello, Bugman:  Large, fuzzy and almost solid yellow bumblebees have been buzzing around our S. E. Michigan gardens for a few weeks now.  I&#8217;ve never seen one so big and solid yellow before; about 1&#34; long, possibly a queen?  They are attracted to the zinnias in our [...]


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		<title>Honey Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/03/honey-bee-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/08/03/honey-bee-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush Bees - Colorado  I live in the Denver, CO area and I have a bush in my front yard that has hundreds of bees hovering around it constantly.  Is this  because the bush and it&#8217;s small flowers are particularly appealing to bees ? Or &#8230; is there possibly a ground hive [...]


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		<title>Nest of a Leafcutter Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/07/12/nest-of-a-leafcutter-bee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/07/12/nest-of-a-leafcutter-bee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m Baffled  Hi I love this site for all my buggy needs I found today in my garden under the soil these tightly wrapped leafs with a yellow stuff inside. When I squished one it was really sick. There were several of them in a location. Any Idea as to what it is? I [...]


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		<title>Another Bachelor Party of Long Horned Bees</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/07/09/another-bachelor-party-of-long-horned-bees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/07/09/another-bachelor-party-of-long-horned-bees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[sleeping bees, second attempt  Hi - We love your site, and have gotten lots of good information and identifications from it before. Thank you so much. I&#8217;m sending this again, because my embedded photo didn&#8217;t show up in my email for some reason. Thanks! Here&#8217;s the current question - we live in east of [...]


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