Western honey bee. Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 - Honingbij.

            Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, creating colonies with a single fertile female (or "queen"), many normally non-reproductive females or "workers", and a small proportion of fertile males or "drones". Individual colonies can house tens of thousands of bees. Colony activities are organized by complex communication between individuals, through both pheromones and the dance language.
The western honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects, and it is the primary species maintained by beekeepers to this day for both its honey production and pollination activities. With human assistance, the western honey bee now occupies every continent except Antarctica. Because of its wide cultivation, this species is the single most important pollinator for agriculture globally[citation needed]. Western honey bees are threatened by pests and diseases, especially the Varroa mite and colony collapse disorder. As of 2019, the western honey bee is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, as numerous studies indicate that the species has undergone significant declines in Europe; however, it is not clear if they refer to population reduction of wild or managed colonies. Further research is required to enable differentiation between wild and non-wild colonies in order to determine the conservation status of the species in the wild.
Western honey bees are an important model organism in scientific studies, particularly in the fields of social evolution, learning, and memory; they are also used in studies of pesticide toxicity, to assess non-target impacts of commercial pesticides.

De honingbij komt van oorsprong voor in Afrika en Europa. In Europa loopt het natuurlijke verspreidingsgebied tot ongeveer 60 graden NB. Door toedoen van de mens komt de honingbij inmiddels wereldwijd voor. Honingbijen worden door de mensen die zich met de studie van de wilde bijenfauna bezig houden niet in kaart gebracht Een verspreidingskaartje van de honingbij ontbreekt dan ook. Ongetwijfeld is de honingbij in elk 5 x 5 km-hok aan te treffen. De honingbij is de hoogst ontwikkelde sociale soort onder de bijen. Een volk bestaat uit een koningin met een groep werksters. In bepaalde tijden van het jaar ontwikkelen zich tevens jonge koninginnen en mannetjes of darren. In de vrije natuur wordt vooral in holten genesteld (o.a. holle bomen). De soort bouwt uit was verschillende verticaal naast elkaar hangende raten per nest. De koningin kan enkele jaren oud worden. De werksters vliegen op allerlei planten (uitgesproken polylectisch) en communiceren met elkaar door middel van een speciale bijentaal. De vliegtijd van de honingbij in ons land ligt tussen februari en november met pieken in april - mei en augustus wanneer de volken hun grootste omvang (tot 60.000 exemplaren) bereiken. Afgelopen jaar is er ook in ons land enige discussie ontstaan over de concurrentie van honingbijen met andere bloembezoekers.

Taken in: Holland / Limburg / Nieuw-Lotbroek (show map)

Taken on: August 5, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 200D, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 147mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 200D
Lens:	147mm
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	147mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Express (Android)
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