A pollen-covered Melissodes species of bee usually associated with thistles, so this may well be thistle pollen. Note that while bees may carry loads of pollen on their usually gathers loosely all over the bee and this is thought to be the pollen that does much of the pollination on plants. Collected in Maine, USA. Credit: , USGS

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