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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee, gyne
on White Snakeroot
St Olaf Natural Lands
Northfield, Minnesota

Plant: Solidago speciosa

Weird color pattern. Possibly red-belted or rusty patch?

Observation 2

Agastache foeniculum

Gyne

2nd 30 min survey

2nd 30 min survey

I want to say griseocollis but seems "off." This bee was stationary and holding on with front legs only; sick or tired?

Survey #3 (A)

Survey #3 (A)

Survey #3 (B)

This bee had just emerged from that Bottle Gentian Flower, Screen shot from an iPhone video.

A Silken Fungus Beetle, Antherophagus ochraceus, was attached to the bee's tongue. Phoresy.

2nd 30 min survey

2nd 30 min survey

Followed bee to Helianthus divaricatus as well.

2nd 30 min survey

1st 30 min survey

On Aletris farinosa.

Nectarine on Shooting Star

on canadian milk vetch

Doar Prairie Savanna

Doar Prairie Savanna

Doar Prairie Savanna