- Honey bee - Wikipedia
The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee" [5][6] Although modern dictionaries may refer to Apis as either honey bee or honeybee, entomologist Robert Snodgrass asserts that correct usage requires two words, i e , honey bee, because it is a kind or type of bee
- Honeybee | Description, Characteristics, Species, Habitat, Life Cycle . . .
honeybee, (tribe Apini), any of a small group of social bees that make honey The tribe comprises a single genus — Apis —of which there are seven species The term honeybee is commonly applied to a single species, Apis mellifera, the familiar and economically important western honeybee
- All about Honey Bees — The Honey Bee Society
Simply, a Honey Bee is a small vegetarian insect which lives in a highly structured colony with thousands of its sisters (and a few brothers along with one Queen), all working toward the goal of storing enough food (honey) for the winter when flowers are not present
- Honeybee - National Geographic Kids
Honeybees are important pollinators for flowers, fruits, and vegetables They live on stored honey and pollen all winter and cluster into a ball to conserve warmth All honeybees are social and
- All about honeybees - Welcome Wildlife
Only one species of honeybee inhabits the United States—the Western Honeybee, Apis mellifera Native to Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Africa, this species was introduced to North America by European settlers in the 1600s
- All About Honey Bees | Ask A Biologist
Honey bees have an amazing way to communicate with each other It’s not the same way you would talk to your sister or even to your pet What do bees do? They dance It is true Worker bees returning to the hive with nectar or pollen tell other worker bees how to find the flower through dance Biologists call it the waggle dance
- What is a Honey Bee? - Butterfly Pavilion
Honey bees are among the most fascinating creatures on our planet Beyond just producing honey, these small but mighty pollinators play a critical role in supporting the health and abundance of our ecosystems and agricultural landscapes
- Honey Bees - Facts, Information Pictures - Animal Corner
Honey bees have been producing honey for over 100 million years Honeybees, also spelt honey bees, are flying insects known as a eusocial insects, meaning they are one of the most socially organized animals on the planet
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