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Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Honey bee on creosote bush flower.

Habitat:

Desert around San Xavier del Bac Mission.

Notes:

Workers are the only bees that most people ever see. These bees are females that are not sexually developed. Workers forage for food (pollen and nectar from flowers), build and protect the hive, clean, circulate air by beating their wings, and perform many other societal functions.

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