Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

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Photo by Liana

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

"The first honeybees brought to New Zealand were the Northern European black strain (Apis mellifera). The first of the yellow Italian strains were imported about 1880. Other strains came from Australia and America."(https://teara.govt.nz/en/beekeeping/page-2 )

Habitat:

Collecting from a flower on the Rosmary plant (Rosmarinus sp. I think) out the back. The location is not exact as this is taken where I live.

Notes:

Thank you Ornithoptera80 for the identification.

An interesting article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/buzzy-workers-help-identify-plants

Another interesting read: https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/urban-bees-remain-vital-part-our-ecosystem

Reference Links:

Western honey bee - Wikipedia, Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) · iNaturalist

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