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Honey Bee Swarm - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2007 Kenneth Dwain Harrelson

Honey Bee Swarm - Apis mellifera
Norris City, White County, Illinois, USA
July 20, 1988
Size: Swarm
This is a close-up of the swarm before I detached the limb I was holding in the other picture.

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Honey Bee Swarm - Apis mellifera Kenneth Dwain Harrelson and a Swarm of Bees - male
Contributed by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson on 20 April, 2007 - 5:49am
Last updated 14 January, 2008 - 7:45am

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