In warmer climates, feral honey bees will sometimes construct nests out in the open. - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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A beekeeper holds a frame of capped worker brood.

Morning sun helps this hive start its daily foraging.

A spring swarm rests high in a tree branch.

In the wild, honey bees normally nest in tree cavities. Here, a young colony of Africanized bees has established a colony inside a stump (Tucson, Arizona).

In warmer climates, feral honey bees will sometimes construct nests out in the open.

An apiary with a trio of young colonies hived in standard Langstroth boxes.

With summer temperatures near 95ºF (36ºC), workers cluster outside the hive in a behavior known as "bearding".

Scores of worker bees fan their wings at the hive entrance on warm afternoons.

Langstroth hives overwintering with two hive bodies each.

In warmer climates, feral honey bees will sometimes construct nests out in the open.

In warmer climates, feral honey bees will sometimes construct nests out in the open.

In warmer climates, feral honey bees will sometimes construct nests out in the open.

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