Interesting "Honey Bee"

[wapiti hunter2]

Bone.  I only have experience with the 100mm 2.8 Canon and the 90mm 2.8 Tamron.  Both are absolutely razor sharp and 1:1.  I am sure you are most pleased.  The 100 is light enough to take along on the longer big game trips in case the big game doesn't cooperate. Very nice shots. 

[Idabooner]

Great pictures, I never noticed this bee before, learn something every day. Thanks.

[DOUBLELUNG]

Great pictures, I never noticed this bee before, learn something every day. Thanks.

Idabooner, I guarantee if you ever trapped one in your sweaty armpit, you'd notice it!

[boneaddict]

Do to the acute lack of me getting to roll around in the flowers in my backyard, I'm glad I found it this way.

[PolarBear]

Cool pic!  You can tell that it is not an Africanized Honey Bee due to the fact that it is lacking an afro and gold teeth.   

[Idabooner]

Great pictures, I never noticed this bee before, learn something every day. Thanks.

Idabooner, I guarantee if you ever trapped one in your sweaty armpit, you'd notice it!

         

[boneaddict]

She seems to be enjoying my flower garden...here are a couple more.

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[brush hunter]

That's one of the "metallic green sweat bees" (Genus Agapostemon).  They are native.  They do sting, too, but it's only mildly painful (I wouldn't know what it was, except I was curious after one stung me and I killed it).   I can't tell you which species it is, there are several found in eastern WA.

yep that's what it is.http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf21.html

[Carnivore]

I missed the focus on this (wrong lens at the time is my excuse) and only had 1 shot but a similar bee.

[boneaddict]

Pretty amazing I went 39 years without ever noticing this bee.