Hive

uploaded by Mister E January 12, 2009 at 12:08 pm
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The hive is just amazing. The cells that look like balls hold the babies. The ones that look like cups... HONEY!! :-) I dont know that I have ever seen a hive like this. It is definitely not the perfect hexagons they always show on discovery channel.

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Bombini (Bumble Bees)
Genus Bombus (Bumble Bees)
Species melanopygus (Bombus melanopygus)

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NP! ID: 2065601
Title: Hive
File Size: 2452 × 1656 – 2.25 MB

Created: Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:08pm
Modified: Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:08pm

File Type: image (jpeg)

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