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Species Apis mellifera - Western Honey Bee


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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama2654 2   4  
Alaska    31      
Alberta     1      
Arizona1411814733113 
Arkansas122  2  571 
British Columbia  123 3932  
California81014162318191810968
Colorado  3  7333   
Connecticut      1 3   
Delaware   13   2   
District of Columbia     1      
Florida131185275211735
Georgia 112126  1 1
Idaho  111121121 
Illinois  54 122611 
Indiana  12 2 11   
Iowa   15 5952  
Kansas      3142  
Kentucky        1   
Louisiana2 1   1134  
Maine   73235243 
Manitoba    1   1   
Maryland 22464463   
Massachusetts   13314723  
Michigan 1 113213 1 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota     2631   
Mississippi   1 3      
Missouri 2 4111333  
Montana    1 112   
Nebraska    122 61  
Nevada  7       2 
New Brunswick1  2  16  1 
New Hampshire   1 145 1  
New Jersey   4 435431 
New Mexico   1  1  3 1
New York  22712161262  
Newfoundland/Labrador   3 4 62   
North Carolina4194187 9611
North Dakota         1  
Northwest Territories    1       
Nova Scotia   1 1      
Ohio     1421   
Oklahoma5 5 3 2121  
Ontario   132 13471  
Oregon 131 833 3  
Pennsylvania   1 415665  
Quebec     25642  
Rhode Island  23    1   
Saskatchewan       4    
South Carolina   101 1 236 
South Dakota  1 1   1 1 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Tennessee  3  31 111 
Texas21720531012381 
Utah 2   1 114  
Vermont      22 2  
Virginia1328 21 24 4
Washington  278189112 
West Virginia   1    4   
Wisconsin    3373    
Wyoming      11    

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