Native North American Honey Bees? – Native Beeology

The European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) arrived in the Americas aboard European ships around 1622. In a way this was a homecoming, America had regained her long lost honey bees. It has always been assumed that honey bees are not native to North America until a recent discovery found a single fossil of a native…

Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America’s native bees—species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies—is just

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Native North American Honey Bees? – Native Beeology

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