Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Description:

Honey bees are among the most widely recognized insects in the world, perhaps because they have been cultured for so long for the delectable honey they produce. Drones and workers are typically the honey bees we see. Workers are typically colored like the individual in the photograph and are about 1 cm in length. There are other species in other parts of the world.

Habitat:

Widely spread.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

Nayeli
Nayeli 10 years ago

Great series!

Gordon Dietzman
Spotted by
Gordon Dietzman

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Spotted on Oct 1, 2013
Submitted on Oct 21, 2013

Related Spottings

abelha-europeia .. Apis mellifera De honingbij (Apis mellifera) Honeybee Bee

Nearby Spottings

Eastern Yellowjacket Common Eastern Bumblebee Gray Hairstreak Splendid Metallic Green Bee

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team