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Bombus affinis, queen, racine wi, LW Macior 1965 sideface
Here is the first in a series of shots of a queen and male Bombus affinis...the newly minted endangered Bumble Bee. This specimen is from the National Collection at the Smithsonian and was collected in Racine, Wisconsin in 1965 when times were easy for this species. Collected by L.W. Macior as part of a study that produced several hundreds of this species from the same area....a testament to the fact that this was not an uncommon bee.
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