Classification
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All Names

  • English
    • European Honeybee
    • Honeybee
    • Honey Bee
    • Western honeybee
  • Dutch
    • Honinbij
    • Europese honingbij
  • Scientific names
    • Apis mellifera
  • Italian
    • Ape europea
  • French
    • Abeille domestique

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Recent observations

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

wintuwoman

Date

May 15, 2013

Description

hovering between the hemlock, blackberry and elderberry bushes, there were several presumably because a hive has been brought to nearby vineyard for pollinating. Multiple bees spotted. another area with vetch close-by covered with many bees

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Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

greglasley

Date

May 19, 2013

Description

Flying just off the bud of a Cone Flower. Wasp of the family Scoliidae is on the flower

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

invertboy

Date

May 19, 2013 09:57 AM PDT

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

tiwane

Date

May 18, 2013 11:31 AM PDT

Description

Seeing bees at their work always makes me happy.

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Observer

mikaelb

Date

May 18, 2013 09:34 AM CDT

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What

Honeybee

Date

May 12, 2013 02:06 PM EDT

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

robberfly

Date

May 16, 2013 11:48 AM PDT

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

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nhmordenana

Date

May 13, 2013 04:07 PM PDT

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

nhmordenana

Date

May 13, 2013 02:07 PM PDT

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Observer

gacc81

Date

Apr 10, 2013

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What

Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Observer

airglow

Date

May 5, 2013

Photos

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What

Honeybee

Observer

lweezetan

Date

Apr 27, 2013

Place

Bay Area (Google, OSM)

Description

Tiny, yellow and black.

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Description from Wikipedia

The European honey bee or western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera comes from Greek melli