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Apis mellifera carnica
A type of bee, which originates in Kocevje region (Slovenia). Light brown with light yellow stripes.
Spread all over Slovenia, south Austria, west Balcans and Hungary. Forests, meadows, fields ...
Very "gentle" bee for beekeepers (except for the nervous ones :)). Here they're collecting thymus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_%28g...) dust. We call thymus in Slovenia "materina dusica" and use it as a tee for medical purpuses (breathing problems ...).
Spotted on Sep 22, 2011
Submitted on Sep 22, 2011
2 Comments
i thought it was a fly too when you mentioned it, but i looked a close-up and it's a bee :)
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these. Just so you know, the "bee" in the 5th photo is a fly. All the others are honeybees though.