Apis mellifera

European honey bee at Mongarlowe, NSW

Apis mellifera at Mongarlowe, NSW - 1 Oct 2024
Apis mellifera at Mongarlowe, NSW - 1 Oct 2024
Apis mellifera at Mongarlowe, NSW - 1 Oct 2024
Apis mellifera at Mongarlowe, NSW - 1 Oct 2024
Apis mellifera at Mongarlowe, NSW - 1 Oct 2024
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Apis mellifera 2 Oct 2024 MichaelBedingfield
Apis mellifera 1 Oct 2024 CarbonAI
Unidentified 1 Oct 2024 LisaH

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This has me stumped. The loud buzzing, the hairy body, the colouring - I thought these were European honey bees. But their behaviour was not that of a honey bee. They all gathered in the same general area, landed on top of the grass, then in a twinkling, slipped under the leaves and disappeared. The bees were all separate from each other, but close to each other. Only one bee fed on flowers. To me, this was native bee behaviour - but I'm not sure. Are they males of the species, resting together (like the male bees that clump together in the evenings?)

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