Scientific Name: Apis mellifera
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Diet: Feeds on pollen, nectar, and oils from flowering plants.
Vegetation Association: Pollinates saguaro.
Predators: Many species of mammals, insects, birds, lizards, spiders and other arachnids.
Life Stages: Complete metamorphosis: egg, larvae, pupae, adult.
Notes: This is an introduced species in Arizona. Has a barbed stinger that cannot be withdrawn, but detaches itself from the bees? body; the bee later dies.

Photo: Taken at Jewel of the Creek at Cave Creek on September 29, 2007.  For more photos, click the camara icon.

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