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Inspired by my close encounter with two bees today, I decided to accurately illustrate some of Canada's many joys of summer:

Bumblebee: Big fuzzy bees reminiscent of flying pompoms, they're probably the most commonly seen bee.

Red Tailed Bumblebee: A bumblebee with a red tail.

Honey Bee: Small, not-so-fuzzy bees that make honey..

Sand Wasp: A bee-like wasp that digs burrows in the sand. I first discovered these on a playground during summer camp.. not fun.

Yellowjacket: Devils with wings. Aka small hornets with black and yellow markings.

Orchid Bee: Metallic teal bees that look FABULOUS!!

Bald-faced Hornet: A mostly black hornet with pale yellow patches.

Cuckoo Bee: A small metallic blue / green bee with a name that describes the person who tries to pet it.

Pelecinus polyturator: A small black wasp as long as its own name.

Mud Dauber: A wasp often found around mud with a long stalk separating its front part from its stinger part...

Carpenter Bee: A lot like the bumblebee, only smaller and less fuzzy. Some species are completely black, while others look like they have a sticky note attached to their face.

Paper Wasp: A dark wasp that makes those big round wasp nests you see in cartoons.

Orange Spider Wasp: And orange and black wasp with curly antennae that eats spiders... Hey, I guess there's one upside to wasps, eh?

I put my watermark there so you can retweet it, reblog it, reshare it, whatever you do with photos nowadays.

Description

Inspired by my close encounter with two bees today, I decided to accurately illustrate some of Canada's many joys of summer:

Bumblebee: Big fuzzy bees reminiscent of flying pompoms, they're probably the most commonly seen bee.

Red Tailed Bumblebee: A bumblebee with a red tail.

Honey Bee: Small, not-so-fuzzy bees that make honey..

Sand Wasp: A bee-like wasp that digs burrows in the sand. I first discovered these on a playground during summer camp.. not fun.

Yellowjacket: Devils with wings. Aka small hornets with black and yellow markings.

Orchid Bee: Metallic teal bees that look FABULOUS!!

Bald-faced Hornet: A mostly black hornet with pale yellow patches.

Cuckoo Bee: A small metallic blue / green bee with a name that describes the person who tries to pet it.

Pelecinus polyturator: A small black wasp as long as its own name.

Mud Dauber: A wasp often found around mud with a long stalk separating its front part from its stinger part...

Carpenter Bee: A lot like the bumblebee, only smaller and less fuzzy. Some species are completely black, while others look like they have a sticky note attached to their face.

Paper Wasp: A dark wasp that makes those big round wasp nests you see in cartoons.

Orange Spider Wasp: And orange and black wasp with curly antennae that eats spiders... Hey, I guess there's one upside to wasps, eh?

I put my watermark there so you can retweet it, reblog it, reshare it, whatever you do with photos nowadays.