The Italian bee or Italian honey bee is a subspecies of the western honey bee.
Italian honey bees bearding outside the hive entrance
Italian honey bees swarming
Italian honey bee carrying pollen from flowers
Varroa sensitive hygiene is a behavioral trait of honey bees in which bees detect and remove bee pupae that are infested by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. V. destructor is considered to be the
Varroa destructor on the head of bee pupa.