Pollinator
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
The world's most renown pollinator at work.
Best viewed Large, On Black
The species name, "mellifera" has Greek roots, and means honey-carrying (in Greek, meli=honey and fero=carry) - hence "Apis mellifera" is the honey-carrying bee. The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus.
- Source: Wikipedia
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Insecta
order: Hymenoptera
suborder: Apocrita
superfamily: Apoidea
family: Apidae
subfamily: Apinae
tribe: Apini
genus: Apis
species: A. mellifera
Click here for more honeybee photos in my photostream.
UPDATE: Many thanks to basilly for identifying the plant. It's a species of Sedum, a large genus of leaf succulents. My mother keeps it in a pot in her garden.
Pollinator
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
The world's most renown pollinator at work.
Best viewed Large, On Black
The species name, "mellifera" has Greek roots, and means honey-carrying (in Greek, meli=honey and fero=carry) - hence "Apis mellifera" is the honey-carrying bee. The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus.
- Source: Wikipedia
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Insecta
order: Hymenoptera
suborder: Apocrita
superfamily: Apoidea
family: Apidae
subfamily: Apinae
tribe: Apini
genus: Apis
species: A. mellifera
Click here for more honeybee photos in my photostream.
UPDATE: Many thanks to basilly for identifying the plant. It's a species of Sedum, a large genus of leaf succulents. My mother keeps it in a pot in her garden.