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Title: what are these tiny little bees
Post by: slacker361 on August 03, 2010, 10:30:00 AM
there are tiny little bees flying around this year, they are maybe an 1/8th of aninch long and look like miniature bees, what are these things
Title: Re: what are these tiny little bees
Post by: gardeningfireman on August 03, 2010, 02:03:23 PM
Probably some kind of orchard or miner bees.
Title: Re: what are these tiny little bees
Post by: Michael Bush on August 04, 2010, 06:11:57 AM
The ones that most resemble honey bees except for being gray and black, are leaf cutter bees.
Title: Re: what are these tiny little bees
Post by: gardeningfireman on August 04, 2010, 03:58:10 PM
I have a lot of those little bees visiting my black eyed susans. The honey bees don't bother with them.
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