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Petting the Bumble - _TNY_1388

Back in the summer of 2019, my son (then 10 years old) wanted to know what the hairs on a bumblebee felt like and if it was as soft as it looked so we found a tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) which was busy collecting pollen on a heartleaf oxeye (Telekia speciosa) and I made sure to take a photo while he petted it.

 

It was "super soft" according to Daniel.

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Uploaded on January 9, 2025
Taken on August 13, 2019