Legs of the Hive Bee Small 320×250 Medium 640×500 Large 1024×800 Download Tiff Original 2400×1875 | (855.2 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 are the various legs of hive bees. Keywords hive, honey, honey bee, Insect, kbees, Legs, nest, wax Galleries Insect Anatomy Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 3) (New York, NY: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910)