Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 129 No. 129 |
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bee worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera is the Latin for "honey-bearing", referring to the species' production of honey for the winter.
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees("suborder: Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees"):::active
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-->honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies("family: Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies"):::active
honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies-.->bumble-bees("genus: Bumble Bees")
honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies-.->violet-carpenter-bee(["species: Violet Carpenter Bee"])
honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies==>western-honey-bee(["species: Western Honey Bee"]):::active
click bumble-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/bumble-bees/"
click violet-carpenter-bee href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/violet-carpenter-bee/"
click western-honey-bee href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/western-honey-bee/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/"
click honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies/"
„A song in rustling leaves“
To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.
