European Honey Bee

Description:

The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera comes from Latin melli- "honey" and ferre "to bear"—hence the scientific name means "honey-bearing bee". The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus who, upon realizing the bees do not bear honey, but nectar, tried later to correct it to Apis mellifica ("honey-making bee") in a subsequent publication. However, according to the rules of synonymy in zoological nomenclature, the older name has precedence. (Wikipedia)

Habitat:

Urban, open field

Notes:

Since 2007, media attention has focused on colony collapse disorder, a decline in European honey bee colonies in various parts of the world and still no solution has been found to save the disappearing bees. This year again media is paying even more attention, The New York Times magazine and National Geographic have published articles about honey bees. And this is one of the links: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/... Their life cycle and colony behavior is something amazing to read about.