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Carniolan honey bee on Thymus

Apis mellifera carnica

Photo by Ursula
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Field Notes

Description:

A type of bee, which originates in Kocevje region (Slovenia). Light brown with light yellow stripes.

Habitat:

Spread all over Slovenia, south Austria, west Balcans and Hungary.
Forests, meadows, fields ...

Notes:

Very "gentle" bee for beekeepers (except for the nervous ones :)).
Here they're collecting thymus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_%28genus%29) dust. We call thymus in Slovenia "materina dusica" and use it as a tee for medical purpuses (breathing problems ...).

Reference Links:

Carniolan honey bee, Slovenija - domovina kranjske čebele

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Comments (2)
Ursula
i thought it was a fly too when you mentioned it, but i looked a close-up and it's a bee :)
KristalWatrous
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these. Just so you know, the "bee" in the 5th photo is a fly. All the others are honeybees though.

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