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Home Natural World A bee, with its barely visible and fully jettisoned proboscis, sucks the nectar out of several flowers on top of Beech Mountain in Western North Carolina. (Photo Jeffrey DeCristofaro)
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A bee, with its barely visible and fully jettisoned proboscis, sucks the nectar out of several flowers on top of Beech Mountain in Western North Carolina. (Photo Jeffrey DeCristofaro)

A bee, with its barely visible and fully jettisoned proboscis, sucks the nectar out of several flowers on top of Beech Mountain in Western North Carolina. (Photo Jeffrey DeCristofaro)

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Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2011
Date Uploaded: 08.2011
Photo Location: Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States of America
Camera: KODAK CX7430 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Copyright: © Jeffrey DeCristofaro