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Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

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Field Notes

Description:

About a good 300 of them making good use of a single tree.

Notes:

They enjoy walking on you if you're still enough... but if you react suddenly with even a small jump, you'd better run for it!!

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Africanized bee

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Comments (2)
KristalWatrous
It's a honey bee (Apis mellifera), and probably an africanized strain from the aggressive behavior you mention. Here's a wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2011

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