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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
ARS chemist Raul Rivera (left), technician Jesus Maldonado (center), and entomologist William Wilson use smoke and a specially modified hand held vacuum to collect Africanized honey bees to study the impact of parasitic mites on them. |
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bee |
Anthophora ursina |
A manmade observational beehive provides an excellent way to study bees in the laboratory. |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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Africanized honey bee |
Apis mellifera scutellata |
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honey bee |
Apis mellifera |
On Marsh Island, Louisiana, an isolated ARS research facility used for producing pure stocks of Russian bees, technician Gary Delatte prepares hives for transport. |
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honey bee |
Apis mellifera |
For centuries, beekeeping has been a traditional part of Mexican agriculture and a reliable source of income in rural areas. Scientists in the United States have closely followed the arrival of Africanized honey bees and two species of parasitic mites that have created hive management problems and reduced honey production. |