by hexibabe
Jul 29, 2005 4:08 AM · 3779 views · 47.1 k · 500 x 438
Keywords: Bee Queen
Bees are one of the bugs I have no clue about. but this is a big bee!!! I looked through the photos and she looks nothing like the Carpenter Bees here. looks morelike a honey bee to me ... so if you know what she is i would be happy to know. thanks
i beleive that is a soldier bee for a honey or carpinter colony
hexibabe
Sep 9, 2005 6:14 AM
oh ok ... I talked to some one at the U of A here in AZ and they have never seen anything like it. The carpinter bees we have here are black and shiny. The bee right now is over at the U of A. so I guess we will reall know what it is.
But I think you could be right in it being a soldier bee, it has no pollin holders. but she is very big. smaller than the tipical carpinter bee and about 1.5 x bigger than the tipical honey bee.
Guamturtle
Oct 4, 2005 6:36 AM
Rating: 5/5
Its a male carpenter bee. The females are black, males brownish/yellow.
hexibabe
Oct 7, 2005 9:36 AM
Ok wellnowi know...I didn't think it was a queen, likeit says in the name "lost queen?...I don't think so" thanks for all of your help in finding out what "he" was *Grins*
Super_Hamster
Jan 18, 2006 10:10 PM
ive seen bees like that before and it drove me nuts till i went to a honey farm and had the rancher tell me it was a soldier bee for the honey bee colony... i dont know if that bs or not...
Whitedragon69
May 11, 2006 12:35 AM
Rating: 3/5
Looks like a drone ,male honey bee they are quite a bit larger than a worker.Is that a quarter that we are comparing it too? Its most definitely NOT a queen honey bee.The queen has a really long abdomen.The drones are bigger in diameter and a 1/3 again longer than a worker bee which are females.WD
