Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

Can some one identify this Bumblebee?

Not the best picture in the world
Have been experimenting with a video light,
Canon R5 100mm 100mm Macro 1/1600 f 5.6 ISO 800
In a London Garden on Erysimum

Another one, this time with 1/16 power flash 1/160 f11 ISO 320

Apr 23, 2022 at 11:23 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

Blimey 50 views and not even a 'They are horrible'.
Oh well!

Apr 23, 2022 at 02:53 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

Good shots- not easy capturing actively feeding bees on the wing. Think it's actually a male hairy footed flower bee Anthophora plumipes.

Brian V.

Apr 23, 2022 at 11:52 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

The eyes, antennae and hairy legs look wrong for a bumble and it is the time of year for Anthophora plumipes

A side view of the hind legs would confirm. The females haves a long streak of orange, looking much like a pollen load and the males have a yellow one.

Harold

Apr 25, 2022 at 08:28 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

It could be a Bee-Fly rather than a Bumble bee.

Apr 28, 2022 at 11:04 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

peter7 wrote:
It could be a Bee-Fly rather than a Bumble bee.

Not with such long antennae or four wings.

Harold

Apr 28, 2022 at 11:50 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Anyone know what this Bumblebee is? Is it a Bumble bee?

LordV wrote:
Good shots- not easy capturing actively feeding bees on the wing. Think it's actually a male hairy footed flower bee Anthophora plumipes.

Brian V.

Many thanks for the ID, even if it sort of looks like a Bumble bee acts, like a Bumble Bee, but is not a Bumble bee!
It is very fast, especially on warm days, when it never stops beating its wings, unless if it finds a flower that has a lot of nectar.
The female of the species, perhaps and actually still

May 15, 2022 at 01:47 PM


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