File:Bombus impatiens, f, queen, charles co (18239590966).jpg

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Description The most common of all the eastern Bumblebees, Bombus impatiens, is something of the cow/chicken/pig of the non-honeybee world. Now used throughout the continent to fertilize plants in greenhouse cultivation. Note the whitish rather than yellowish light colored hairs and that the first segment of the abdomen has light hairs, but remainder are black. Collected during the BioBlitz at Pickering Creek Audubon Sanctuary near Easton, Maryland in Talbot County. A queen at that.
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Source Bombus impatiens, f, queen, charles co, md_2015-05-24-18.36.21 ZS PMax
Author USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA

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This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 23 November 2015 by the administrator or reviewer Christian Ferrer, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date.

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