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Honey Bees & Beekeeping

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Urban beekeeping is gaining in popularity across the world. These two garden hives in Illinois have been supered to catch the summer honey flow.

A worker honey bee Apis mellifera returns to the hive.

Castes of the western honey bee Apis mellifera: worker, queen, and drone.

Apis mellifera - worker honey bee covered in dandelion pollen.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.

An early season worker of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera, covered with dandelion pollen.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Worker bees ripen nectar in freshly-built honeycomb.

A queen bee is recognized by her elongate abdomen.

Portrait of a mature laying queen.

A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.

A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.

A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughters.

Canon EOS 7D |

More details: exif |

Original size: 4540x3065 |

Current: 800x540 |

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Keywords: bees caste apis mellifera

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