Apis mellifera

European honey bee at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Apis mellifera	11 Aug 2016	MichaelBedingfield
	Unidentified	11 Aug 2016	galah681

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3 comments

galah681 wrote:

12 Aug 2016

I thought this might be a teddy bear bee (golden haired mortar bee) because of the yellow fur around their middles. They were gathering mud in the STEP wetland

RogerF wrote:

12 Aug 2016

I would have said a honey bee, Apis mellifera, Amegilla bomiformis is much hairier and stouter resembling a European Bumble Bee.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

12 Aug 2016

Species added to our list, and confirmed from Rogers comment.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.066040 -35.284665
Altitude 594.6m
Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
26 Feb 2015 10:54 AM Recorded on
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Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) galah681 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Apis mellifera Scientific name
European honey bee Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Major weed or pest
Up to 6069.1m Recorded at altitude
754 images trained Machine learning
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