Bee deaths - A good week for the bees?

A good week for thebees?

Bees got a lawsuit on their behalf and the hope of a protection plan in Virginia

http://www.bayjournal.com/article/a_good_week_for_the_bees

Too bad they didn’t use a picture of an actual bee instead of a fly…
http://www.cirrusimage.com/flies_bee_Villa_sp.htm

So what’s the difference? They’re both eating pollen? Are they both pollinating?
Is there a big genetic difference, etc?
It’s interesting, because the picture in that article looks like an Australian native bee.
Just wondering?

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