Italian honey bee
Apis mellifera ligustica
42.2529, -73.791
Field Notes
Description:
Our honey bees are trying to keep dry. You can see they're unhappy about all the rain we've been having these past few days. They're very gentle, hard-working bees. We're so proud of them.
Habitat:
These bees are widely distributed, though they tend not to winter here too well compared to Russian bees.
Notes:
This is our first year keeping bees, and we plan to add on.
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PublishedJune 24, 2011
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