Swarming (honey bee)
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Swarming is a honey bee colony's natural means of reproduction. In the process of swarming, a single colony splits into two or more distinct colonies.
A swarm of bees in Melbourne, Australia
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Bee swarm on tree branch in eastern Arkansas.
A beekeeper collecting a bee swarm.
Africanized bee
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The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee and colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee, produced originally by crossbreeding of the African honey bee w
Swarming (honey bee)
…queens, and it will not survive. A cast swarm will usually contain a young virgin queen. The propensity to swarm differs among the honey bee species. Africanized bees are notable for their propensity to swarm or abscond. Absconding is a process where the whole hive leaves rather than splits like in swarming. This…
Swarm of Africanized honey bees
Hive on Gila River Indian Community land in Arizona
Gathering pollen, Engelmann's prickly pear, Mojave Desert
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