Perhaps this is a carpenter bee. They've been around here(Oakland) for a couple of weeks this year. The ones I see are not fuzzy and fly much more quickly than a bumblebee. Liz W Max Withers wrote: > Oh no. I just spotted what I thought was a giant (~1") all-black > bumblebee a few miles south of Nhu. Has anyone seen a yellow-free color > form of M. equestris before? > > Max Withers > Oakland CA > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >