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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Honey Bees (Apini) » Honey Bees (Apis) » Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
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Honey bee spp? - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2018 Hazel Galloway

Honey bee spp? - Apis mellifera
Yosemite Valley, California, USA
April 26, 2018
My thought was Apis mellifera, but I'm new to California and didn't know if there were look-a-likes. Thanks!

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Contributed by Hazel Galloway on 27 April, 2018 - 4:34pm
Last updated 28 April, 2018 - 2:47am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 28 April, 2018 - 2:47am login or register to post comments

yes Apis mellifera
only one species in the US

BTW - 'spp' refers to multiple species (so Apis spp would mean multiple Apis species). "Sp" refers to one species (Apis sp. - one species of Apis)
… metrioptera, 27 April, 2018 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Great, thanks very much!
Great, thanks very much!
… Hazel Galloway, 27 April, 2018 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

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