Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee
Photograph by Vera Buhl. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Honey bee | Apis mellifera photo

Honey bee
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Honey bee | Apis mellifera photo

Apis mellifera - queen and worker bees
Photograph by Jessica Lawrence, Eurofins Agroscience Services, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

HONEY BEE FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Apis
Species:	mellifera
Common Name:	Honey bee

Relatives in same Genus
Africanized honey bee (A. mellifera scutellata)

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