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I keep seeing these very large bees with two yellow bands on their rear body segment, flying like hummingbirds, with really long probiscus and reddish wings. Anyone know what these things are? Around here I’ve heard them called government bees... any ideas? I’ve wondered about them for years. There are lots of them around this year.

58 posted on 05/13/2007 4:39:49 PM PDT by LambSlave (If you have to ask permission, it's not a right.)

Cicada killer? We had them in Midland TX. They are quite fierce looking but never offered to sting. They are a wasp. Here is a picture:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/cd-43-c/img331.jpg&imgrefurl=http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/cd-43-c-txt/cimg331.html&h=484&w=666&sz=36&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=S-BzRlfTyeOllM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=138&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522cicada%2Bkiller%2522%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG

susie

61 posted on 05/13/2007 5:24:18 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)