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The spines at the end of abdomen show this to be a male. They use them for territorial disputes. Seen a number of times with Common Carder Bees as they were feeding on the Lambs Ears.

Most of pictures clearly show the spines.

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Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manucatum)