European honey bee at Wodonga
Identification history
| Apis mellifera | 17 Nov 2020 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Apis mellifera | 17 Nov 2020 | karenretra | ||
| Unidentified | 17 Nov 2020 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
Lots, n lots, n lots, n lots of bees in a swarm - all over this box high up in tree. Hope the occupant got away. The bees appear settled and making honey? The swarming was about 20 feet up and wide. I didn't want to go too close for a photo! Some bees flying appeared darker or blacker but hard to tell. Moving quickly.
1 comment
karenretra
wrote:
17 Nov 2020
Yes, it's been a big season for swarms. Honey bees are quite keen on the dimensions of nestboxes (and tree hollows for that matter) and frequently set up home in them. They could be just passing by, but if they fancy it, expect the activity to settle down to a steady coming and going of bees.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.879812-36.142783
- Maps Clyde Cameron Reserve Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 10000 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2020 11:05 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Species information
- Apis mellifera Scientific name
- European honey bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 6069.1m Recorded at altitude
- 810 images trained Machine learning
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