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Western honey bee

Apis mellifera

Oor die naam: The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera means 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', because the species makes honey.1

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Bye, wespe & perdebye

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Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

The western honey bee is the most common of the honey bee species in the world. It lives in large family groups called colonies, which can hold tens of thousands of bees. Humans have helped it spread to every continent except Antarctica, and it is kept by beekeepers for its honey and for pollinating crops.1

Leef in

Every continent except Antarctica. It first lived in Africa or Asia, and humans have carried it to many other regions.1

Europa, Afrika, Asië

Tuis

Colonies live in hives, which beekeepers manage, and in natural nests such as hollow tree trunks. When a swarm leaves a colony, it travels some distance to find a new site, such as a hollow tree trunk.1

Lengte

1,3 cm (0,5 in)3

tipiese grootte van 'n volwasse dier

Topspoed

omtrent 25 km/h (16 mph)

Vlieënd: normale vliegspoed van 'n werkerby

Wat eet dit?

Worker bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers. They process nectar into honey, which is stored in the hive as food for the cold season.1

Foto van Western honey bee — Western honey bee. Foto: Andreas Trepte. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons.

Hoe om dit te herken

Queens are larger than workers and have a rounder, longer abdomen.1
Workers are smaller, infertile females that do most of the colony's work.1
Workers have a barbed stinger, which is used to defend the hive.1
Colonies can hold tens of thousands of bees, and a healthy midsummer hive may have 40,000 to 80,000 bees.1

Gifkrag

Steke

Gif kom deur 'n angel uit.

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

Queens and workers defend the hive with their stingers.1

As dit steek

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Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
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Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

klein genoeg om op jou vingernael te sitkan in 15 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot is Western honey bee in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Huisvlieg omtrent 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Western honey bee omtrent 25 km/h (16 mph)

'n Mens wat nael omtrent 37 km/h (23 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

A worker bee's stinger is barbed, unlike the stingers of bees of any other genus and of the queens of its species.1

The stinger and its venom sac can keep delivering venom after they are pulled free of the body.1

Young queens fight each other until only one remains, and the survivor becomes the new queen.1

A worker bee works in the hive for its first 20 days and then becomes a forager for the rest of its life.1

Honey is made by worker bees evaporating nectar until its moisture content is low enough to stop mould.1

Female bees make up 90% or more of the bees in a colony at any given time.1

Mite-breker

Mite: A honey bee always dies soon after it stings.

Waarheid: A bee does not always die soon after stinging. A bee usually dies after stinging a human or other mammal, because its barbed stinger often lodges in the skin and pulls free.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Apis mellifera
Groep: Bye, wespe & perdebye
Familie: Apidae2
Orde: Hymenoptera
Kontinente: Europa, Afrika, Asië
Babas: The queen lays a single egg into each cell of the honeycomb. The egg hatches into a legless, eyeless larva, which becomes a pupa and then an adult bee. Most of the colony's bees are female.1
Hoe dit in die natuur gaan: Data Deficient (IUCN Red List, as of 2025)1
Gevaar vir mense: 2 / 5: Pynlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Western honey bee (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Apis mellifera (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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