Apis mellifera
European honey bee at Karabar, NSW
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| Apis mellifera | KimPullen | 26 Sep 2016 | |
| Apis mellifera | KimPullen | 26 Sep 2016 | |
| Unverified | Speedsta | 25 Sep 2016 |
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5 comments
26 Sep 2016
Yes she is carrying a lot of pollen. She packs it onto special brushes on her back legs.
27 Sep 2016
In a Honey Bee colony there are 3 castes: queens, workers and drones. The ones you see on flowers are workers, which are sterile females. The queens, of which there is only one or a few, are the reproductive females. The drones are the males. The only function of the males is to mate, which they do when the colony swarms. A clue that Honey Bee workers are female is that they can sting, because the sting apparatus in bees, ants and wasps is part of a modified ovipositor (egg-laying organ).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.246067-35.373996
- Places Karabar, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2016 10:57 AM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
Collections
- Speedsta Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Apis mellifera Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
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
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