Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Apoidae
Posted by eguzki on 21-11-2006 17:46
#1
Location: Hungary
Date: 2006-09-27
Size: like the
Apis mellifera
Place: garden on an
Aster sp.
I have observed this bee many times in autumn as soon as they gather on the flowers. Completely unknown for me. I have two images from them.
First:
Posted by eguzki on 21-11-2006 17:47
#2
eguzki wrote:
Location: Hungary
Date: 2006-09-27
Size: like the Apis mellifera
Place: garden on an Aster sp.
I have observed this bee many times in autumn as soon as they gather on the flowers. Completely unknown for me. I have two images from them.
First:
Second one:
Posted by Tony Irwin on 21-11-2006 18:08
#3
I think this is
Apis mellifera. Many of the older varieties were very dark, almost black, with no pale marks on the abdomen. Some of the old varieties are still kept.
Posted by eguzki on 21-11-2006 18:14
#4
Tony Irwin wrote:
I think this is Apis mellifera. Many of the older varieties were very dark, almost black, with no pale marks on the abdomen. Some of the old varieties are still kept.
Thank you Tony! I had a suchlike presentiment!
Posted by pierred on 22-11-2006 08:11
#5
Hello,
I think the hind leg, on the first photo, makes it
Apis mellifera without doubt.
Posted by cthirion on 22-11-2006 10:37
#6
The fact of having widened tibia III characterizes Apoidea females but is not particular in Apis!
And at the Nomadas female in example, that does not appear clearly!
Apis mellifera is recognized in particular with the hairy eyes!
Posted by pierred on 22-11-2006 16:36
#7
Camille,
I meant considering the other aspects of the animal, but thanks for the precision.
Edited by pierred on 22-11-2006 16:37