Breed of Bee

[Little John]

Nice picture, can I use it for a display I'm doing. Good resolution of hairyness !

If you're into hairyness - take a look at these: wing/ head/ mouth and even the cornea - bees are covered in hairs, quite literally all over :

LJ

 

[For want of a better word]

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open mated on Rame... Cornish Black Amm ?

 

[mbc]

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open mated on Rame... Cornish Black Amm ?

Look a pretty mixed lot to my eyes.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Look a pretty mixed lot to my eyes.

That's the Cornish for you!

 

[For want of a better word]

Look a pretty mixed lot to my eyes.

Needs to be pointed out that the colony from which the brood rearing/ mating nuc supply bees may have had a lot of stripeyness... but the queen and the young bees in the shot are quite black and have a good wing morphometry showing a low level of introgression.
Got any pics of yours?

 

[mbc]

Got any pics of yours?

This is supposed to be a family friendly forum you dirty bugger !

 

[REDWOOD]

is your mate the portugese photographer linked to by wikipedia?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alvesgaspar/Wasps_&_bees

No

 

[REDWOOD]

I cannot resemble much your dark bee from our grey bee (A.M. Carnica).. Here are few pics of our grey.. Autochthonous at my place. These are from my hives..

Hi Goran, I can see the queen but can't quite make out her colour is she black and tan

 

[REDWOOD]

This is supposed to be a family friendly forum you dirty bugger !

 

[For want of a better word]

I am as innocent as the morning dew!

 

[Goran]

Hi Goran, I can see the queen but can't quite make out her colour is she black and tan

I put some more pictures in photo album section of this forum ( Insider).