Closeup of a tiny, shiny dark blue bee. It's got a thick body & sparse black fuzz.
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This little chonk is a blue orchard bee! They call em BOBs.
If you need a fruit orchard pollinated in spring, this is the bee for you! Honeybees are ok for that. But BOBs are better able to fly around & do the job in cool, rainy early spring weather.
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