dorsata_on_guava
A giant honey bee foraging on a flower of a common guava ( Psidium guava, Myrtaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002.
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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.
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Two giant honey bees foraging on a flower of dillenia (Dillenia turbinata, Dilleniaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002.
dorsata_salix
A giant honey bee foraging on flowers of a willow (Salix spp, Salicaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002.
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A giant honey bee foraging on a megafruit pachira (Pachira macrocapa, Bombacaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002.
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A giant honey bee foraging on a megafruit pachira (Pachira macrocapa, Bombacaceae). Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. April 2002.
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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.
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A honey bee foraging on the white pear-like flower (Rosaceae). Avignon, France. March 16, 2002.
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A honey bee foraging on the white pear-like flower (Rosaceae). Avignon, France. March 16, 2002.
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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.
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An Africanized honey bee foraging on a calliandra flower (Calliandra, Mimosaceae). Tucson, AZ. April 9, 2000.
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Three bees foraging on a poppy (Eschscholzia spp, Papaveraceae). Chiangmai, Thailand. May 2000.