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I've Been Robbed!
Robber at work. No, this isn't a bank heist or a gas station hold-up or a home invasion. A...
A female carpenter bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex) pierces the corolla of salvia to rob the nectar. (Identified by Robbin Thorp, UC Davis emeritus professor of entomology.) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The bumble bee is about the same size as a carpenter bee, but its abdomen is covered with dense hair, often black and yellow. This is a Bombus vosnesenskii, the most common California bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)