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Index of Subjects Wild Flora wrote: >I too had a bee-like insect working my crocuses yesterday. It looked like a >honeybee--even had large pollen sacks on the legs--but I could count only >two wings. Is it safe for me to assume that this was indeed a honeybee and >that I was just having trouble seeing the second pair of wings? (The insect >was moving so quickly that I did have trouble getting a good look at her.) > Hi Flora & All, Apr 21, 2007 It was a honeybee. When parked, the small hind wings are hidden beneath the front wings. In favourable light the hind wings can be seen at eye level; e.g. when Honeybees are working sunflower. Sometimes circular reasoning (as in Sudoku) helps. Because it had large pollen sacks it must have been a bee and therefore had four wings. Because it looked like a Honeybee and buzzed like a Honeybee --- DW, Kentville
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