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The western honey bee or European honey bee Apis mellifera is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bee worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for `bee`, and mellifera is the Latin for `honey-bearing`, referring to the species` production of honey for the winter. Krempna, Low Beskids, Poland. June 2018