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Western Honey Bee on Icelandic Poppy A honey bee from our hives, gathering nectar & pollen from an Icelandic Poppy Apis mellifera,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Western honey bee Click/tap to enlarge

Western Honey Bee on Icelandic Poppy

A honey bee from our hives, gathering nectar & pollen from an Icelandic Poppy

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    Christine Young
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    Nice!! Posted 3 years ago

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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
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Uploaded Apr 23, 2022. Captured Jun 21, 2021 09:30 in G3G8+96 Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM, USA.
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  • iPhone XR
  • f/1.8
  • 1/388s
  • ISO25
  • 4.25mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.