Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed

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Close up Honey Bee, Swarming, Apis mellifera, Kent UK, spring, a natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees. In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.

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Photo credit: © Robert Pickett / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, bee, bee-keeping, european, honey, insect, nature, uk, wildlife, worker