“Wild’ Honey bees.
by The blog at woodlands.co.uk, 28 May, 2021, 6 comments
The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the various honey bee species world-wide. Like the other honeybee species, it is described as eusocial. That is, thousands of sterile female worker bees live in colonies with one fertile queen, and a small number of males (drones). The western honey bee is often described as a ‘domesticated’ insect. Whilst it is true the honey bees have been ‘managed’ by humans for thousands of years (through the provision of hives), their behaviour is essentiallysimilar to that of their 'wild cousins’. Read more...
