Canvas - Western Honeybee

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The Western honeybee, scientifically known as Apis mellifera, is a remarkably social and ecologically vital insect, originally native to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East but now established worldwide by human beekeeping. These eusocial creatures live in complex colonies comprising a single fertile queen, a small number of male drones, and tens of thousands of sterile female worker bees. Workers perform all the necessary tasks of the hive, from building the characteristic hexagonal wax comb and nursing the young to foraging for nectar and pollen. Their most crucial ecological service is pollination, the transfer of pollen between flowers, which is essential for the reproduction of countless wild plants and an estimated one-third of global food crops. Through an elaborate system of pheromones and the famous waggle dance, a forager can communicate the precise location of rich food sources to her nestmates, making the Western honeybee a cornerstone of both natural biodiversity and commercial agriculture.
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The Western honeybee, scientifically known as Apis mellifera, is a remarkably social and ecologically vital insect, originally native to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East but now established worldwide by human beekeeping. These eusocial creatures live in complex colonies comprising a single fertile queen, a small number of male drones, and tens of thousands of sterile female worker bees. Workers perform all the necessary tasks of the hive, from building the characteristic hexagonal wax comb and nursing the young to foraging for nectar and pollen. Their most crucial ecological service is pollination, the transfer of pollen between flowers, which is essential for the reproduction of countless wild plants and an estimated one-third of global food crops. Through an elaborate system of pheromones and the famous waggle dance, a forager can communicate the precise location of rich food sources to her nestmates, making the Western honeybee a cornerstone of both natural biodiversity and commercial agriculture.