Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Africanized honey bee
Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier

Descriptor: Research
Description: 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.
Image type: Field
Image location: United States

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Name: Scott Bauer
Organization: USDA Agricultural Research Service
Country: United States

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Subject: Africanized honey bee
Genus: Apis
Family: Apidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Photographer: Scott Bauer
Organization: USDA Agricultural Research Service
Area: Entomology - Honey Bees and Beekeeping

Image Number: 1322051

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Image uploaded on Wednesday, March 05, 2003
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