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Pollen on bumblebee

uploaded by pho-tog July 17, 2008 at 05:16 am
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Pollen on bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, the most common California bumblebee.

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Title: Pollen on bumblebee

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Created: Thu, 07/17/2008 - 5:16am

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pho-tog

at 05:22 on July 17th, 2008

I took this photo in the University of California, Davis Arboretum. Note the pollen on her leg. Bumblebees, like honey bees, are declining in population. Dr. Robbin Thorp of UC Davis is investigating the disappearance of Franklin's bumblebee, found only in southern Oregon and northern California. See the UC Davis entomology Web site at http://entomology.ucdavis.edu and look under "Department News"