I'm in the process of exhuming myself from under a mountain of work, that's why the posting's been ultra-light. My last link to cool pictures of bugs went over well, so I'm giving you a few more pictures. These come from a friend's website -- be sure to check out the bee and its hitchhiker.
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There was a brief interview with him on Science Friday last fall:
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2005/Nov/hour2_110405.html
Wonderful pictures. I did flit on over and comment on the hitchhiker. Is not a parasitic wasp but another bee, not of the same species as the bumble bee,