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Mining bee. Macrophotograph of the abdomen of a male mining bee of the species Andrena fulvipennis. This is a very rare species, only found in permanently sandy locations. This specimen is from the United States. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)