# Can anyone ID this giant bee?

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604>\
**Category:** General Bee Chat\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604 "2019-10-30T02:53:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![MtRiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@MtRiv](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/MtRiv)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604/1 "2019-10-30T02:53:46Z")

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Just saw this solitary bee hanging around while I was building frames. Is it a bee?

 ![IMG_5564](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/0/b/0b06bc35bc6226b711e8ac57741535fa13c7abae.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![skeggley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/skeggley/32/27522_2.png) [@skeggley](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/skeggley)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604/2 "2019-10-30T04:53:05Z")

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Nice photo.

> [@MtRiv](#):
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> Is it a bee?

Not likely, it’s eyes, wings and antennae say wasp. Not sure what type though. It’s hairyness, yellow banded abdomen and black legs cross a lot off the list though…

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**Author:** ![MtRiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@MtRiv](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/MtRiv)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604/3 "2019-10-30T06:10:58Z")

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Here are another two photos if that helps with the ID.

 ![IMG_5561](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/8/7/872c57b14fe153b6d7831b3d5ed2dc2c9e84a987.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_5547](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/a/9/a9d0564d2f82426a89bc06cbb07bb2733225bf4b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![HappyHibee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/happyhibee/32/27808_2.png) [@HappyHibee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/HappyHibee)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604/4 "2019-10-30T22:09:09Z")

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Looks like one of these.

[http://www.english-country-garden.com/animals/german-wasp.htm](http://www.english-country-garden.com/animals/german-wasp.htm)

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**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604/5 "2019-10-31T01:50:12Z")

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Nice catch Hibee! Here I was about to say it’s a wasp with a bee costume on for Halloween 👻

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**Author:** ![Muhlisin\_Muhlisin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/muhlisin_muhlisin/32/23430_2.png) [@Muhlisin\_Muhlisin](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Muhlisin_Muhlisin)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-giant-bee/23604/6 "2020-10-07T14:41:24Z")

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