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Streetside beekeeping. Migrating beekeepers have their bees, a portable wooden house, in Beijing, right on the road side. I was told that they were move north soon so here is more like a rest stop. Beijing, China. June 7, 2001. - chalkbrood_out
Chalkbrood mummies removed from cells. The two on the top are producing spores, while the three below are at a slightly earlier stage. Photo by Prof. M.V. Smith, University of Guelph. - dorsata_banana2
A giant honey bee foraging on flowers of cooking banana (Musa sapintum, Musaceae). I saw this bee foraging the first day, but after that I tried many days to get a closer picture but never saw dorsata again on this flower. Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - dorsata_on_guava
A giant honey bee foraging on a flower of a common guava ( Psidium guava, Myrtaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - dorsata_foraging_ilex
A giant honey bee foraging on flowers of a Chinese holly tree (Ilex rotunda, Aquifoliaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - dorsata_lotus2
A giant honey bee foraging on a water lilly (Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaeaceae). I had to wait for about 20 min near this flower before a bee finally came. This is because I did not have a boat and most bees foraged near the middle of the lake. - dorsata_salix
A giant honey bee foraging on flowers of a willow (Salix spp, Salicaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - dorsata_foraging
A giant honey bee foraging on a megafruit pachira (Pachira macrocapa, Bombacaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - dorsata_pachira
A giant honey bee foraging on a megafruit pachira (Pachira macrocapa, Bombacaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - dorsata_dillenia_turbinata
Two giant honey bees foraging on a flower of dillenia (Dillenia turbinata, Dilleniaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002. - DSCN1955_JPG
A bee foraging on sweet ternera (Turnera ulmifolia, Turneraceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. May 2001. - DSCN1781_JPG
A bee foraging on day flowers (Commelinaceae). This bee was foraging before there was full light (around 5 am). Yunnan, China. May 2001. - cerana_foraging
Three bees foraging on a poppy (Eschscholzia spp, Papaveraceae). Chiangmai, Thailand. May 2000. - DSCN1344_JPG
A bee foraging on prevet (Ligustrum spp, Oleaceae). Yunnan, China. May 2001. - DSCN1376_JPG
A bee foraging on Scarlet sage (Salvia splendens, Lamiaceae). Yunnan, China. May 2001.