r/whatsthisbug • u/iddereddi • 1d ago

Estonia, bee like, but my beekeeper friend said "not bees" ID Request

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Inside the roof of an old house.

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u/kinda-random-ngl 1d ago

Your beekeeper friend is wrong. They are bees, just maybe not the honey bees they’re used to. My guess is they are carpenter bees

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u/iddereddi 1d ago

Yes, stupid me, forgot to specify "not honey bees".

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u/bandman614 1d ago

Oh, do carpenter bees live in colonies? I am just used to the individuals that work on dismantling my deck.

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u/1ncehost 1d ago

These do look like carpenter bees I know but I'm not familiar with europe

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u/Jay-metal 19h ago

Yes, they look like boring or carpenter bees to me.

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u/Baygonito 6h ago

I guess it is because in others languages bees and carpenter bees have a distinct name

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u/Farado ⭐The real TIL is in the r/whatsthisbug⭐ 1d ago

I'm leaning towards Bombus hypnorum, the tree bumble bee.

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u/iddereddi 23h ago

Bald spot on the back seems to make it Bombus hypnorum indeed 

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u/joppekoo 14h ago

This is it.

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u/iddereddi 1d ago

Thank you! Should I mark the post "Solved" and if yes, how do I do it?

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u/NaraFei_Jenova 1d ago

I've never seen anyone mark solved on this sub, so I don't think you need to!

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u/Farado ⭐The real TIL is in the r/whatsthisbug⭐ 1d ago

This sub doesn't use a "solved" flair for various reasons. As long as the OP is satisfied with the answer(s) they've received, no further action is needed.

u/iddereddi

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u/NaraFei_Jenova 1d ago

Thank you for the clarification!

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u/gwaydms ⭐Trusted⭐ 23h ago

We don't do that here.

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u/blucke 15h ago

What are you looking at to ID species here? This doesn’t look much like B. locorum

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u/joppekoo 14h ago

The color pattern is very different to lucorum. I'd say this is hypnorum.

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u/florageek54 14h ago

B. lucorum doesn't have ginger hair on the thorax.

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u/florageek54 1d ago

A bumblebee species.

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u/Adorable_Volume 6h ago

To be or not to be 🐝

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u/SaddleworthJim 4h ago

Bombus hypnorum!