Category: APis
-
European honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Apidae > Apis > Apis mellifera There are few habitats in northeastern North America where one can escape the reach of the hyper-abundant exotic European honey bee (Apis mellifera). Contrary to popular impression, honey bees are not chubby and black-and-yellow-striped, but rather slender, with golden tones along abdomen. For the most part in the northeast,…
-
Apis
Apis is the genus of honey bees – out of six species in the world, only Apis mellifera, the European Honey Bee, can be found in North America. All Apis form highly social, perennial colonies with a strong division of labor between egg-laying queens and non-reproductive female workers. Few feral colonies of A. mellifera exist…