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| Keywords: Honeybees-27527-2.jpg Italian honeybees Apis mellifera ligustica and a typical afternoon at the hive entrance Many of the workers gathered around the entrance are 'fanning' which distributes a powerful homing pheromone from a gland on the bee's abdomen and also helps to ventilate and cool the hive The bees facing outward are mostly entrance guards who inspect bees as they land to make sure invaders cannot enter the hive In the upper left corner of the photo a forager is preparing to land with a harvest of pollen stuck to the hairs on her rear legs which will be used to feed the brood developing inside the hive <br>Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 in Caldwell County NC USA http //www kenthomas us KenThomas us<br> personal website of photographer 2008-05-30 17 56-04 <sup>ISO 8601</sup> Ken Thomas This image is released to the public domain and therefore no permission or credit is required <br>Comments and/or feedback however are always welcome See my user page for contact info Taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 Apis mellifera ligustica Caldwell County North Carolina Hive entrances | ||||
