European beewolf
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The European beewolf, also known as the bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating philanthus, is a solitary wasp that lives in the Western Palearctic and Afrotropics. Although the adults of the species are he
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Male beewolf visiting a Eryngium flower
beewolf with honey bee
Western honey bee
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The western honey bee is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', referr
European beewolf
…of the species are herbivores (feeding on nectar and pollen), the species derives its name from the behaviour of the inseminated females, who hunt western honey bees. The female places several of its paralysed prey together with an egg in a small underground chamber, to serve as food for the wasp larvae. All members…
Apis mellifera Western honey bee
A bee swarm. Bees are unaggressive in this state, since they have no hive to protect.
Larvae (left) and eggs (right)
Western honey bee on a lavender blossom