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Apis mellifera
Thank you J for the ID. and thanks for the info, very interesting! it probably will be European Honeybee, it is for sure something very common, I feel so embarassed when I don't know the names of the most common animals, insects or flowers. *blush*
Perhaps the European Honeybee, Apis mellifera. Funny story to the name, as "mellifera" means "honey-bearing" in Latin. Only when Linnaeus realized that the bee did not carry honey, but made honey instead, he tried changing the name to Apis "mellifica," which means "honey-making" instead. Taxonomic name organization rules make the former name take precedence.