3 European honey bee at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Identification history
| Apis mellifera | 24 May 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Apis mellifera | 23 May 2021 | HelenCross |
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MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
15 Jul 2021
A good example of why the European honey bee is regarded as a pest when it goes feral, taking over tree hollows. The NSW Scientific Committee has listed “Competition from feral honeybees” as a “Key Threatening Process” under the Threatened Species Conservation Act.
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Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 May 2021 10:29 AM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- True Bee nest present
Species information
- Apis mellifera Scientific name
- European honey bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 6069.1m Recorded at altitude
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