European honey bee
Apis mellifera
Summary 7
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera comes from Latin melli- "honey" and ferre "to bear"—hence the scientific name means "honey-bearing bee". The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus who, upon realizing the bees do not bear honey, but nectar, tried later to correct it to Apis mellifica ("honey-making bee") in a subsequent publication. However, according...
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Ferran Pestaña, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/57956171@N00/1805417917
- (c) John Baker, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3730360050_1336b71208.jpg
- (c) Treesha Duncan, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7894625598_88de00127e_k.jpg
- (c) Image:MFB.jpg Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak & Beemaster Hubert Seibring, Munich which gave me advice and a protection suite ;) My dog caught 6 bee-stings on the nose, i caught 4., algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Apis_mellifera_carnica_worker_hive_entrance_3.jpg/460px-Apis_mellifera_carnica_worker_hive_entrance_3.jpg
- Jan Moravec, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/107467.jpg
- (c) lainey1995, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6434290105_4ac05c3edb_b.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_mellifera
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