Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies (Hymenoptera)

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee workers feeding on burr comb removed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Frame (Apis mellifera)

Frame photographed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Swarm Cell Check (Apis mellifera)

Beekeeper checking the bottom of frames for swarm cells. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Frame (Apis mellifera)

Frame photographed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Removing Frame from Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph of hive check taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Removing Frame from Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph of hive check taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Removing Frame from Hive Box (Apis mellifera)

Photograph of hive check taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Frame (Apis mellifera)

Frame photographed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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Honey Bee Frame (Apis mellifera)

Frame photographed during a hive check. Photograph taken at the "Rose of Sharon Farm" in Chehalis, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

A wasp spring queen starting a new nest. Wasp photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes aurifer)

Wasp photographed on lilac in Colfax, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed on lilac in Colfax, WA.

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Nevada Bumble Bee Queen (Bombus nevadensis)

Bee photographed on lilac in Colfax, WA.

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Nevada Bumble Bee Queen (Bombus nevadensis)

Bee photographed on lilac in Colfax, WA.

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Digger Bee (Anthophora)

Bee photographed on dogwood at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queens (Polistes dominula)

A pair of queens starting a new nest. Wasps photographed at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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Bumble Bee (Bombus)

Bee photographed on dogwood at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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Bumble Bee (Bombus)

Bee photographed on dogwood at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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Nevada Bumble Bee Queen (Bombus nevadensis)

Bee photographed on dogwood at Klemgard Park near Colfax, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed in Colfax, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed in Colfax, WA.

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Bumble Bee Spring Queen (Bombus)

Bee photographed at Whelan Cemetery near Pullman, WA.

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Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)

Bee photographed at Whelan Cemetery near Pullman, WA.

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Nevada Bumble Bee Queen (Bombus nevadensis)

Bee photographed at Whelan Cemetery near Pullman, WA.

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Nevada Bumble Bee Queen (Bombus nevadensis)

Bee photographed at Whelan Cemetery near Pullman, WA.

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Blue Orchard Bee Female (Osmia lignaria)

Bee photographed on Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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