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Apis is not the only honey-making bee. In the new world tropics, colonies of jataí stingless bees (Tetragonisca angustula) are commonly kept for small-scale honey production. Jataí honey is relatively thin, but it fetches a higher market price for its purportedly greater medicinal value. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
At the entrance of a small stingless bee nest (Tetragonisca angustula), workers remove bits of debris from the hive. Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
A bumble bee (Bombus sp.) comes in for a landing on fall goldenrod. Urbana, Illinois, USA
An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight. Tucson, Arizona, USA
A young Camponotus festinatus queen scales a grass blade to launch herself on a nocturnal mating flight. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate. This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain. Tucson, Arizona, USA
Male leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex versicolor) lek above the desert floor, awaiting virgin queens who fly into the swarm to mate. This species flies during the Arizona summer monsoon season, early in the morning after a soaking rain. Tucson, Arizona, USA
A male thatch mound ant (Formica integroides) climbs sagebrush to launch himself on a morning mating flight in California's Sierra Nevada. Sagehen Creek, California, USA
An alate Dorymyrmex insanus queen climbs a stick of grass to gain an altitudinal head start before departing on her mating flight. Tucson, Arizona, USA
A male thatch mound ant (Formica integroides) climbs sagebrush to launch himself on a morning mating flight in California's Sierra Nevada.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA
A male thatch mound ant (Formica integroides) climbs sagebrush to launch himself on a morning mating flight in California's Sierra Nevada. Sagehen Creek, California, USA
A male thatch mound ant (Formica integroides) climbs sagebrush to launch himself on a morning mating flight in California's Sierra Nevada.

Sagehen Creek, California, USA
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