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Honey Bees
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Honey Bees

Apis

A honey bee (or honeybee) is any member of the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax. In the early 21st century, only seven species of honey bee are recognized, with a total of 44 subspecies, though historically six to eleven species are recognized. The best known honey bee is the Western honey bee which has been domesticated for honey production and crop...

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cavity-nesting Honey Bees

subgenusApis

Giant Honey Bees

subgenusMegapis

Dwarf Honey Bees

subgenusMicrapis

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Honey Bees in Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

1486 · p.262

Honey Bees in Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.318

Honey Bees in Latin Herbal

Latin Herbal

1484 · p.261

Honey Bees in On the Virtues of Herbs

On the Virtues of Herbs

Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.167

Honey Bees in Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

1484 · p.289

Honey Bees in Herbarius

Herbarius

1485 · p.262

Honey Bees in Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

1486 · p.259

Honey Bees in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.412

Honey Bees in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.412

Honey Bees in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.788

Honey Bees in Herbal of Virtues

Herbal of Virtues

1499 · p.261

Honey Bees in The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

1532 · p.279

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47220.