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Honey Bee Swarm

Apis mellifera Linnaeus

Description:

These European honey bees swarmed to a tree in my back lot.

Habitat:

These were found during a very hot day in June, about 95 degrees, in Northern California Valley, elevation only about 100 feet.

Notes:

I contacted a local bee keeper who came out and safely captured the entire hive and queen.

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4 Comments

Daniel R Hughes
Daniel R Hughes 8 years ago

Your welcome it is my favorite site about bees

Archer 07
Archer 07 8 years ago

Thank you Daniel for the help with the ID and the information on that great site about honey bees. That is what I love about the Noah Project site is the information and knowledge I'm able to obtain and share.

Daniel R Hughes
Daniel R Hughes 8 years ago

here we only have European/ Italian / German

Daniel R Hughes
Daniel R Hughes 8 years ago

Archer 07 that is not a honey bee hive it is called a swarm. when a bee population gets to big for the hive to support it they produce a second queen. the older queen has to then leave so it does not get stung to death by the younger stronger one. 1/2 the bees go with the older queen re balancing the population.
The swarm is temporarily there until the find a new place to build a hive.

Archer 07
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Archer 07

Spotted on Jun 1, 2015
Submitted on Dec 2, 2015

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