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Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 6,486, February 5,614, March 6,926, April 11,747, May 8,778, June 7,201, July 5,123, August 4,519, September 5,734, October 5,858, November 7,532, December 5,807.
United States360,415
California92,313
Texas57,075
Canada38,126
Australia21,584
Mexico20,476
United Kingdom18,549
Germany18,010
England16,727
Ontario16,011

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusHoney Bees · Apis

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