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Swarm of Bees! Apis mellifera,Geotagged,Spring,United States,Western honey bee Click/tap to enlarge

Swarm of Bees!

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Your new lens once again delivers advantages :) Posted 9 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      lol - I actually was able to get quite close to observe these bees. They weren't aggressive at all (I guess I can be assured they were not africanized bees!). I'd be curious to know what happened to them. Honey bees don't build paper nests like wasps, so they would have needed to find a hole in a tree or crack in a building to build a hive in. Posted 9 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 22, 2016. Captured Apr 17, 2016 12:28 in Central Park Trail, Seattle, WA 98144, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/8.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO320
  • 328.7mm