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The red ants, here a winged male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the year.

Red Ant

The red ants, here a winged male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the year.

The red ants, here a wingless neutered male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the year.

Red Ant

The red ants, here a wingless neutered male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the…

Bee on a flower

Bee

Bee on a flower

An insect that makes honey.

Bee

An insect that makes honey.

A bee

Bee Feeler

A bee

A worker bee's mouth. <em>a, e, f</em> tongue and ducts; <em>b</em> labial palps; <em>c</em> paraglossae; <em>d</em> first maxillae.

Bee Mouth

A worker bee's mouth. a, e, f tongue and ducts; b labial palps; c paraglossae;…

The wings of a bee, showing the hooks.

Bee Wing

The wings of a bee, showing the hooks.

A common bee wing.

Bee Wing

A common bee wing.

Carpenter bees are large, hairy bees distributed worldwide. Their name comes from the fact that nearly all species build their nests in burrows in dead wood, bamboo, or structural timbers. In several species, the females live in tunnels alongside their own daughters or sisters, creating a sort of social group. They use wood bits to form partitions between the cells in the nest. A few species bore holes in wood dwellings. Since the tunnels are near the surface, structural damage is generally minor or nonexistent.

Carpenter Bee

Carpenter bees are large, hairy bees distributed worldwide. Their name comes from the fact that nearly…

The honey-bee is of European origin, and has long been domesticated.

Honey Bee

The honey-bee is of European origin, and has long been domesticated.

The antenna of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The antenna of the honey-bee.

The mandible of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The mandible of the honey-bee.

The head of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The head of the honey-bee.

The prothorax of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The prothorax of the honey-bee.

The tongue of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The tongue of the honey-bee.

The mesothorax of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The mesothorax of the honey-bee.

The metathorax of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The metathorax of the honey-bee.

The abdomen of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The abdomen of the honey-bee.

The larva of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The larva of the honey-bee.

The pupa of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The pupa of the honey-bee.

The pupa of the honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The pupa of the honey-bee.

The worker or infertile female honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The worker or infertile female honey-bee.

The queen or fertile female honey-bee.

Honey Bee

The queen or fertile female honey-bee.

The cells of a bee hive. Note the large, irregular cells are queen cells.

Honey Bee

The cells of a bee hive. Note the large, irregular cells are queen cells.

Beehives

Beehive

Beehives

Beehives by an orchard.

Beehives

Beehives by an orchard.

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. 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. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. Eggs are laid singly in a cell in a wax honeycomb, produced and shaped by the worker bees. Larvae are initially fed with royal jelly produced by worker bees, later switching to honey and pollen.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. 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. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. Eggs are laid singly in a cell in a wax honeycomb, produced and shaped by the worker bees. Larvae are initially fed with royal jelly produced by worker bees, later switching to honey and pollen.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. 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. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. Workers gather pollen into the pollen baskets on their back legs, to carry back to the hive where it is used as food for the developing brood.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. 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. A colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees or fertile males; and a large seasonally variable population of sterile female worker bees. A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.

Honey Bees

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of…

A box or chest, for the reception of a swarm of honey-bees.

Hive

A box or chest, for the reception of a swarm of honey-bees.

After the queen bee is impregnated, the drones are killed by the workers.

Honey Bees

After the queen bee is impregnated, the drones are killed by the workers.

A hornet

Hornet

A hornet

A lily and a honey bee.

Lily

A lily and a honey bee.

A girl looking out the window as a book sits on the sill.

Reading at Window

A girl looking out the window as a book sits on the sill.

This gooseberry sawfly is a member of the large order, Hymenoptera.

Sawfly

This gooseberry sawfly is a member of the large order, Hymenoptera.

A bee's stinger, sheath in which sting works.

Stinger

A bee's stinger, sheath in which sting works.

A bee's stinger, sitting proper.

Stinger

A bee's stinger, sitting proper.

A tea set with insects swarming around it.

Tea Set

A tea set with insects swarming around it.

The Great Seal of the State of Utah, 1896. The seal shows a bald eagle holding a shield. The shield has a beehive with the motto "Industry."

Seal of Utah

The Great Seal of the State of Utah, 1896. The seal shows a bald eagle holding a shield. The shield…

A typical digger wasp.

Digger Wasp

A typical digger wasp.