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UK Bees for ID Please (1 Viewer)

Sy V

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Would somebody please have a look and try to identify these bees taken today in Worcestershire.
Is there I site that anyone could recommend where I could try to identify these babies without having to keep asking here?
 

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I suspect Number 1 is not a bee, and Numbers 2 and 4 are the same bee species but the hover fly is an added bonus!
 
All are bees!

1 Honey Bee
2-4 I think are Bombus lapidarius with 2 + 4 being males
5 possibly B. terrestris.

The bonus hoverfly is Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Fly).

You could try the BWARS recording site for Hymenoptera queries.
 
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