Apis mellifera

The western honey bee or European 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", referring to the species in production of honey.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

A stunning shot, Flavio!

A small request: it's best to not copy Wikipedia text into the photo description. Whilst clearly the intention is good, Google will see this as content duplication and lower the rank of the page. This means it's less likely for people to find your photo, which would be a shame :)

For the description field, it's best to just use your own words, original writing. You can use it to describe the species yourself, the conditions, anything that comes to mind. Hope this helps, a big fan of your work. Posted 4 years ago
1. Flavio
  
  Lion
  
  I'm so sorry Ferdy, I had no ideia of this.
  It won't happen again.
  Thank you for the your kind words ;-) Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    No need to be sorry at all, there's no way you could have known this. Posted 4 years ago

The Western honey bee

The western honey bee or European honey bee is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bee worldwide. The genus name "Apis" is Latin for "bee", and "mellifera" is the Latin for "honey-bearing", referring to the species' production of honey.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by Flavio