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Published: 2007-08-29 09:54:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 738; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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The Western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. Apis mellifera is Latin, from apis "bee", and mel "honey" + ferre "to carry" - hence the scientific name means "honey-carrying bee". This is technically wrong, since honey bees carry nectar and produce honey. However, the name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus who in a subsequent publication tried to correct it to Apis mellifica ("honey-making bee"); according to the rules of synonymy in zoological nomenclature, the older name has precedence. Some people who are unaware of this still use the incorrect subsequent spelling. As of October 28, 2006, the Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium fully sequenced and analyzed the genome of Apis mellifera.In 2007 media attention focused on Colony Collapse Disorder, a "disappearance" of Western honey bee colonies in North America.
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more flowers, then more bees
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Yup! 
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Thank you so much for the 
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Thank you so much especially for the
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Excellent shot - and again, thanks for the info. Very interesting.
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Thank you so much for the kind comments and the
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NP - I love your work!
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Excellent shot (as usual). I like that you've caught him at work collecting.
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Beautifully done! I like your lens choice...I'm thinking that's going to be my next one.
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Thank you.
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Great shot. The bee doesn't even look as if it NOTICED you...which must be awesome when you're dealing with something with a stinger.
Again, great pic. ^-^ And interesting fact about the scientific name.
Still...Colony Collapse Disorder...do you know why that happens? Or is it just like a disease? Is there a way to prevent it? Are my questions bothering you? WILL THIS MADNESS NEVER CEASE!?
Sorry...lotta questions on that subject...but it is interesting, and I am curious....
You should be proud of your art...if it does this to me, hopefully it will inspire others to ask necessary questions, and possibly even push them in the right direction as to saving the environment. 
Which would be rather on the awesome side.
Anyway, great pic, very inspiring, just as all the rest of them are, and, as usual: ROCK ON!
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It's alright to ask questions. It is nice to learn through photographs. Here's a [link] to answer your questions regarding CDD.
Thank you so much for the unwavering support my friend. I just want to let you know that I appreciate that a lot.
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Oh, any time. ^-^
I love to learn, and very rarely is it that learning is synonymous with something so aesthetically pleasing as your photographs. 
I 
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Very beautiful
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Thankies for the sweet comments my friend .
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Thank you so much for the
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wow i love this. Great lighting/colours and depth of feild! keep it up 
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Thank you for the kind comments.
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its no problem
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Thank you so much. Thanks a bunch for the
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