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Apoidea

Image of Common carder bumblebee

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Description: English: A hive of a awild form of Apoidea built in the moss and grass of the lawn. Addition 2014: It's an above-ground natural nest of wild bee superfamily Apoidea called Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) found in central Europe. The upper portion of the wax canopy ("involucrum") was removed. A view into the nest: Bumblebee female workers, pupa (pupae) (already with hair) in partially opened cocoon short time before emerging as a bumblebee (right), young puppae in damaged cocoon (upper left). Deutsch: Ein Nest einer wilden Bienenart im Moos und Gras einer Wiese Ergänzung 2014: Es ist ein oberirdisches Nest der Wildbienenart Ackerhummel (Bombus pascuorum) in Mitteleuropa. Obere Wachs-Abdeckung der Nestkugel wurde entfernt. Sicht ins Nest: Hummel-Arbeiterinnen, Puppe (bereits mit Haaren) in teilweise geöffnetem Kokon kurz vor dem Schlupf (rechts), Junge Puppe in beschädigem Kokon (links oben). Date: 27 July 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Panoramedia.

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