Good Morning Mylot, how's ya doin?

Very busy bee, photo taken by me 8/23/2017
@rebelann (117249)
El Paso, Texas
August 27, 2017 11:06am CST
I just downloaded and cropped the recent photos I took and got a few really nice surprises. When I got home from shopping Wednesday the first thing I saw as I got out of the car were my Black Eyed Susans and wouldn't you know there was a busy bee tasting the nectar so I grabbed my camera and followed her around. Most of my shots didn't come out this good but this one was a surprise. She was a big bee, well, at least she was bigger than the ones I'm used to seeing. Is she a bumble bee? I only ask because I don't know if I've ever seen one before.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
27 Aug 17
She certainly looks like a bumble bee to me Rebel. That is a beautiful shot!! Good Day to you friend and thanks for sharing this cheery photo.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
YEEEEHAAA, finally we have bumble bees. Thank you, I'm glad you find my shot cheery.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
27 Aug 17
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Aug 17
I really like Black-Eyed Susans! Those and sunflowers are such wonderful looking flowers. Must be the yellow color I like so much. Great photo, makes a good action shot!
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
Me too, I'm hoping I can get those huge sunflowers to grow again but I think I'll wait until January to put the seeds in, the mourning doves love to eat them and they aren't as active in our short winter. Thank you, I was lucky she wasn't too active when I shot this one, the other shots I took aren't as good.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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28 Aug 17
@rebelann Those doves can be quite the scavengers although I still like them. They do a good job of eating the excess seeds from my bird feeder.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Aug 17
Feed them millett and they might leave the rest of the seeds alone @dgobucks226 they are a greedy bunch but the do love millett.
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 17
Love the photo - how bright and beautiful - perfect on this summer day. I don't know my "bees", but we just call any big bee that buzzes around and flies like a drone a bumble bee . . . the ones out here seem to be all black.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
Oh, that one I know, they're called carpenter bees, we have them here too. They are huge and a half size larger than the one in the picture.
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 17
@rebelann See, you know bees better than me . Wow, this bee is that much littler than those buzzing black bees? You really did a great job in framing the photo the way you did - it looks bigger than life!!
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
It's a crop job @much2say the rest of the photo was too junky so I cropped that stuff out.
pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
27 Aug 17
Looks bumble-beeish to me. Black-eyed Susans is a new one for me though.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
Hi there, glad to see ya. Oh goody, we're finally gettin bumble bees. Maybe you know them as Rudbeckia hirta. They grow over 10' tall sometimes.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Aug 17
Now that you mention it yeah, I don't get to see real sunflowers that often @pgntwo
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
28 Aug 17
@rebelann Oh, yes, a less petalled version of the sunflower here.
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Aug 17
It sure looks like a bumble bee, but could be a borer bee. They tend to look quite similar.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
Oh wow, I've never heard of borer bees before. I'll have to look them up.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 17
Bumble bees are quite larger than honey bees. Maybe different coloring?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117249)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Aug 17
I have no clue, I'm not sure if I've ever seen a bumble bee but I do get some really tiny ones, medium sized ones, the black carpenter bees and now this one. I hope it's a bumble bee, the more bees the merrier.
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