Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius, and nest.

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Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius, and nest (Orange-tailed bee, Apis lapidaria). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1800.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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