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
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
Honey
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Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and th
Western honey bee
…The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', referring to the species' production of honey. Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies with a single fertile female (or "queen"), many normally non-reproductive…
A jar of honey with a honey dipper and an American biscuit
French honey from different floral sources, with visible differences in color and texture
A honey bee with its proboscis extended into a calyx of goldenrod
Honeycomb displaying hexagonal prismatic wax cells in which honey bees store honey