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By Scotkat

Angus, Scotland Sco

What colour is a honey bee.

As I had an orange bee today going into my roses and fuchsias ,never seen 1like this before.




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Check out http://bumblebeeconservation.org/about-bees/identification/ or www.nhm.ac.uk.
http://www.bbowt.org.uk/wildlife/wildlife-advice/bees/different-kinds-bees includes solitary bees - the tawny mining bee might be worth looking at.

15 Jul, 2014

 

Honey bees aren't orange and they are more wasp shaped than bumbles. There are lots or orange bumbles.

15 Jul, 2014

 

If you can get a photo of the bee you saw, send it to the link given above by Urbanite. It will be id'd for you. It will be helpful for them to be able to track which bees are where too.

15 Jul, 2014

 

as a bee keeper its brown i know i got stung on monday.

16 Jul, 2014

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