Honey Bee (Worker) Small 320×212 Medium 640×424 Large 1024×678 Download Tiff Original 2400×1590 | (584.8 KB) Description Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. Pictured here is a worker honey bee. Keywords honey, honey bee, Insect, kbees, nest, wax, worker Galleries Other Orders of Insects Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 3) (New York, NY: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910)
