Bees (Apis mellifera)
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Races of Honey Bees - Their Original Locality
APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA Bees are dark colour with five whitish uniform rings. They are native of Southern Gurktal Alps in Austria and Slovenia.
APIS MELLIFERA CAUCASICA Their colour is dark blackish with five white narrow uniform rings. This race is native of European part of Caucasus.
APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA The first three segments must be yellow. It is native of north-west Italy. Fortunately isolated by Switzerland Alps.
APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA The colour of bees is dark brown. It is native only of the certain places in Great Britain and at central Europe.
(Please Note: On this page is a third photo where are the APIS MELLIFERA CASUCASICA two worker bees and one male - drone bee.)
Three Castes of Honey Bee or Three Different Types of Honey Bees
1. The QUEEN BEE It is the largest bee and only the mated one in her hive.
2. The WORKER BEES They cannot mate with the DRONE BEES.
3. The DRONE BEES They are larger than the WORKER BEES. They mate with a virgin QUEEN BEE high in the air in a special congregation area.
Races of Honey Bees - Their Original Locality
APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA Bees are dark colour with five whitish uniform rings. They are native of Southern Gurktal Alps in Austria and Slovenia.
APIS MELLIFERA CAUCASICA Their colour is dark blackish with five white narrow uniform rings. This race is native of European part of Caucasus.
APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA The first three segments must be yellow. It is native of north-west Italy. Fortunately isolated by Switzerland Alps.
APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA The colour of bees is dark brown. It is native only of the certain places in Great Britain and at central Europe.
(Please Note: On this page is a third photo where are the APIS MELLIFERA CASUCASICA two worker bees and one male - drone bee.)
Three Castes of Honey Bee or Three Different Types of Honey Bees
1. The QUEEN BEE It is the largest bee and only the mated one in her hive.
2. The WORKER BEES They cannot mate with the DRONE BEES.
3. The DRONE BEES They are larger than the WORKER BEES. They mate with a virgin QUEEN BEE high in the air in a special congregation area.
Complicated Flowers and Bees
What came first on Earth? Was it a bee or a flower? Complicated flower structures require bees with the exact body sizes and tongue lengths to pollinate them. For example the Echium vulgare bears purple tubular flowers which allow only the honey bee to reach their nectaries. This is an example of an excellent interaction between honey bees and flowers. Without honey bees there would not be flowers and without flowers there would not be honey bees!
What came first on Earth? Was it a bee or a flower? Complicated flower structures require bees with the exact body sizes and tongue lengths to pollinate them. For example the Echium vulgare bears purple tubular flowers which allow only the honey bee to reach their nectaries. This is an example of an excellent interaction between honey bees and flowers. Without honey bees there would not be flowers and without flowers there would not be honey bees!
Albert Einstein Bee Quote
If bees disappear from the surface of our Earth man would have no more than four years left to live! Bee pollination is vital to have enough of the vegetables and fruits and crops that feed us and animals! The honey bees pollinate around 80 percent of flowering plants.
Excellently Celebrate Earth Day 2020 with Honey
Google Doodle in collaboration with The Honey Bee Conservancy non-profit organization located in New York reflected the 50th Anniversary of the Earth Day on April 22nd by dedication to honey bees which are the most important insects on our Earth.
Please see the Honey Bee Conservancy website:- https://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/.
Google Doodle Bee Pollination Game
The Google Doodle video displays very interesting information about bees. Especially their abilities to pollinate various flowers. Did you know that nearly
80 percent flowers are pollinated by them? Please see Google and play an interesting interactive Google Doodle Bee Pollination Game.
If bees disappear from the surface of our Earth man would have no more than four years left to live! Bee pollination is vital to have enough of the vegetables and fruits and crops that feed us and animals! The honey bees pollinate around 80 percent of flowering plants.
Excellently Celebrate Earth Day 2020 with Honey
Google Doodle in collaboration with The Honey Bee Conservancy non-profit organization located in New York reflected the 50th Anniversary of the Earth Day on April 22nd by dedication to honey bees which are the most important insects on our Earth.
Please see the Honey Bee Conservancy website:- https://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/.
Google Doodle Bee Pollination Game
The Google Doodle video displays very interesting information about bees. Especially their abilities to pollinate various flowers. Did you know that nearly
80 percent flowers are pollinated by them? Please see Google and play an interesting interactive Google Doodle Bee Pollination Game.