European Honey Bees (Apis mellifera var. carnica), workers and drone on freshly built honeycomb, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

European Honey Bees (Apis mellifera var. carnica), one bee with red pollen packs from a wisteria, on honeycomb with capped brood cells, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

"Honey bee (Apis mellifera var nica), drone on drone brood, larvae shortly before pupation"

Brood comb with drone brood surrounded by worker bees (Apis mellifera var. carnica)

"Honey bee (Apis mellifera var nica), worker bee on comb with larvae delivering food such as nectar"

Bee (Apis mellifera var. Carnca) on wachs comb attacking outsider bee

"Bee colony infested with Varroa Honey Bee Mites (Varroa destructor, syn. Jacobsoni), mite on a newly emerged, deformed Bee (Apis mellifera var carnica), next to dead larvae, Bavaria, Germany, Europe"

Bee (Apis mellifera var. Nica) on comb with capped brood combs cleaning her tongue

"Carnolian Honeybee (Apis mellifera var. carnica), on comb with capped brood cells and pollen cells"

Geoffnete Brutwabe mit Bienenparasit Varroa-Milbe (Varroa sp. ) auf Drohnenlarven, Europaische Honigbiene (Apis mellifera), Bayern, Deutschland, Europa

"Western Honey Bees or European Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in flight, Thuringia, Germany, Europe"

Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) gathering nectar from a lavender flower, bee (Apidae), Switzerland, Europe

European honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on sunflower pollen (Helianthus annuus), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

"Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), feeding on Dandelion flower (Taraxacum sp. ), South Wales, United Kingdom, Europe"

Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) is collecting nectar at a common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) is collecting nectar at a common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) is collecting nectar at a common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) is collecting nectar at a common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) is collecting nectar at a common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) blossom, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera var carnica) being fed by two other bees