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European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera ligustica

Photo by LauraMaria
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Description:

A very well known, easily recognisable and highly social insect. The bees in Italy form their own sub-species, A. m. ligustica, and were noticably smaller, less fuzzier and slightly more orange in colour than the ones I see in the UK.

Notes:

Spotted many buzzing around a clover patch in Milan's Parco Sempione.

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