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    The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin...
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    000 known species of bees. The best known honey bee is the western honey bee, (Apis mellifera), which was domesticated for honey production and crop pollination...
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    Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee (AHB) and colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera)...
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    The Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica, Pollmann) is a subspecies of the western honey bee. The Carniolan honey bee is native to Slovenia, southern...
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    The honey bee life cycle, here referring exclusively to the domesticated Western honey bee, depends greatly on their social structure. Unlike a bumble...
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    Swarming is a honey bee colony's natural means of reproduction. In the process of swarming, a single colony splits into two or more distinct colonies...
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    to Caucasian honey bee. The Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasia) is a subspecies of the western honey bee. The Caucasian honey bee originates from...
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  • Diseases of the honey bee or abnormal hive conditions include: Varroa destructor and V. jacobsoni are parasitic mites that feed on the fat bodies of adult...
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    The Cape honey bee or Cape bee (Apis mellifera capensis) is a southern South African subspecies of the western honey bee. They play a major role in South...
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    The East African lowland honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) is a subspecies of the western honey bee. It is native to central, southern and eastern...
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    Varroa destructor (redirect from Bee mite)
    feeds on honey bees and is one of the most damaging honey bee pests in the world. A significant mite infestation leads to the death of a honey bee colony...
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    ligustica is the Italian bee or the Italian Honey bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). The Italian honey bee is endemic to the...
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    The Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri, is a subspecies of the western honey bee, endemic to the Maltese islands which are situated in the Mediterranean...
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    Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia. This strain of bee was imported into the United...
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    Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia. This species...
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    Beehive (redirect from Bee hive)
    honey bee nest. Several species of Apis live in colonies. But for honey production, the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the eastern honey bee (Apis...
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    For bees, their forage or food supply consists of nectar and pollen from blooming plants within their flight range. The forage sources for honey bees are...
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    worker bees in a honey bee colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, plenty of food, and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees. While...
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    mellifera mellifera (commonly known as the European dark bee) is a subspecies of the western honey bee, evolving in central Asia, with a proposed origin of...
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    List of Apis mellifera subspecies (category Western honey bee breeds)
    Apis mellifera, the western honey bee, has many subspecies. The most recent taxonomic revision in 1999 recognized 28 subspecies and three additional subspecies...
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    Waggle dance (redirect from Bee dance)
    in beekeeping and ethology for a particular figure-eight dance of the honey bee. By performing this dance, successful foragers can share information about...
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    and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea...
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    Apis dorsata (redirect from Giant honey bee)
    Apis dorsata, the rock bee or giant honey bee, is a honey bee of South and Southeast Asia. They are typically around 17–20 mm (0.7–0.8 in) long and nests...
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    capped drone brood and either freezing the brood comb or heating it. Western honey bee life cycle Nickel, J. (2001). Mathematics: Is God Silent? (Revised ed...
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    Asian giant hornet (redirect from Bee ball)
    larger insects, colonies of other eusocial insects, tree sap, and honey from honey bee colonies. The hornet has a body length of 45 mm (1+3⁄4 in), a wingspan...
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    Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species)...
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  • Beekeeping (redirect from Bee-keeping)
    of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus Apis are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such...
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    Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee...
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    The Buckfast bee is a breed of honey bee, a cross of many subspecies and their strains, developed by Brother Adam (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany)...
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    particular Apis mellifera, or European honey bee. Color learning has also been studied in bumblebees. Honey bees are sensitive to odors (including pheromones)...
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