honeybees

     

Apis anreniformis Apis florea, or dwarf honey bee

Trivia about honeybees

  • These domesticated bees take their name from the sticky substance they hoard
  • The number of U.S. colonies of Apis mellifera, this type of bee, declined by about 50% from 1945 to 2005
  • When it applied for statehood in 1849, some wanted to call it Deseret, which means this

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