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Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow striped honey bee with nectar balls hanging off their legs, the balls are transported back to the hive for food, the weights of the same can be up to a 30% of a bee's weight.

Habitat:

Spotted at Central Park area, New York

Notes:

Honey bees are not native to the Americas, arriving with colonists in North America in the 18th century.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Clade: Corbiculata
Tribe: Apini
Latreille, 1802
Genus: Apis

Reference Links:

Honey bee - Wikipedia

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