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European Honeybee

Apis mellifera

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European Honeybee
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MariaPomsaharova
MariaPomsaharova 11 years ago

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*

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

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.

MariaPomsaharova
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MariaPomsaharova

Slovakia

Spotted on Oct 21, 2012
Submitted on Oct 21, 2012

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