Photo Gallery: Bees, Hornets and Wasps
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- Bald-faced Hornets (guarding their nest)
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- Bald-faced Hornet (Hornets are beneficial predators that feed on other insects, especially filth flies and blow flies)
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- Bald-faced Hornet (additional example)
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- Bumblebee (Sometimes written as two words)
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- Bumblebee (queen)
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- Honey Bees (Sometimes written as one word)
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- Paper Wasps
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- Golden Paper Wasp (also known as Northern Paper Wasp)
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- A solitary ground-nesting bee
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- Sweat Bees / Halictids
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- A solitary species of Vespid wasp (Quite possibly Ancistrocerus catskill)
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- Common Aerial Yellowjacket
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- European Hornet (click rightmost photo for a side-by-side comparison with a yellowjacket)
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European Hornet
(Side-by-side comparison with a Yellowjacket)
Additional Photos and Information:
- Bald-faced Hornets
- Bumblebees (BugGuide.net)
- European Hornets
- Honey bees (eXtension.org)
- Paper Wasps
- Golden Paper Wasps (BugGuide.net)
- Sweat Bees (BugGuide.net)
- Potter and Mason Wasps: Genus Ancistrocerus (BugGuide.net)
- Yellowjackets