Order: Hymenoptera (hy-men-OP-ter-a) (Info)
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species: mellifera
Profile:1 positive
1 neutral
No negatives
Regional...This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Phoenix, Arizona
Deer, Arkansas
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Calistoga, California
Canoga Park, California
Arvada, Colorado
Brooksville, Florida
Lutz, Florida
New Port Richey, Florida
Oldsmar, Florida
Bedford, Indiana
Macy, Indiana
Benton, Kentucky
Ewing, Kentucky
Hebron, Kentucky
Brockton, Massachusetts
Halifax, Massachusetts
Swansea, Massachusetts
Central Lake, Michigan
Warren, Michigan
Moorhead, Minnesota
Cole Camp, Missouri
Roswell, New Mexico
Nunda, New York
Greensboro, North Carolina
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bucyrus, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Hulbert, Oklahoma
Middleburg, Pennsylvania
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Sevierville, Tennessee
Kyle, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Member Notes:
| Rating | Author | Comment |
| Positive | melody | On Jul 24, 2006, melody from Benton, KY
(Zone 7a) wrote:These bees are important for pollination and they are essential to orchards to ensure fruit.
Theu are social insects, living in large colonies. They choose hollow trees and sometimes unused structures for their hives. They are also quite content to live in hives constructed by beekeepers.
The life of the colony depends upon the Queen...the only fertile female, who is related to the whole community. There are workers, who harvest the pollen and take care of the Queen and the larvae, and drones who's purpose is to mate with the Queen.
The hive produces honey, which they feed upon...and most animals, humans included, like it too.
Honeybees can sting when agitated and while the sting isn't dangerous to most, some people can become quite ill from them. | | Neutral | Hyblaean | On Apr 8, 2007, Hyblaean from Niles, IL
(Zone 5b) wrote:Honeybees are currently having a die off, for reasons not known, 2007:
[HYPERLINK@en.wikipedia.org] |
| | By melody
 By begoniacrazii
 By Floridian
 By Floridian
 By melody
 By Magpye
 By Magpye
 There are a total of 38 photos.
Click here to view them all! |
