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Honey bee on Field Scabious Honey bee on Field Scabious (Knautia Arvensis) Apis mellifera,Field Scabious,Geotagged,Heempark Frater Simon Deltour,Knautia arvensis,Netherlands,Spring,Western honey bee Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Nicely frozen, Joost! Posted 3 years ago

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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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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Jun 13, 2022. Captured Jun 4, 2022 14:56 in Heempark Frater Simon Deltour, Genneperweg, 5644 RX Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • ILCE-7M2
  • f/11.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO200
  • 90mm