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Western Honey Bee on Garlic Chive flower A honey bee from our hives, gathering nectar & pollen from a Garlic chive flower Apis mellifera,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Western honey bee Click/tap to enlarge

Western Honey Bee on Garlic Chive flower

A honey bee from our hives, gathering nectar & pollen from a Garlic chive flower

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    Christine Young
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    Please add the geotag. Thanks :) 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 Aug 17, 2020 09:52 in G3G8+C7 Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM, USA.
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  • iPhone XR
  • f/1.8
  • 1/1447s
  • ISO25
  • 4.25mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.