All black bumble bee

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Re Black bumblebee anything like this beauty?

Regards;
 
done a bit more research and I reckon the one I have in the garden is Anthophora plumipes. The speed of flight and the long tongue are other pointers to it being this bee. I've also seen a similar sized brown bee (the male?) chasing the black female.
 
Being All Black, it could be a New Zealand bee on tour!:laughing-smiley-004

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