Honey Bee Close Up, Apis Sp.
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis. Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial colonial nests from wax, the large size of their colonies, and surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers.
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