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The queen and her retinue of a florea colony. Note the bee with '77' on her, which I tagged the night before. Because workers form a few layers of curtains, one has to comb through them to find the queen. This one took us about 20 min to find and I just got lucky to have this clear shot, because two seconds later she disappeared again. Both florea and dorsata queens can fly without any preparation. European and Asian honey bee queens would need to be starved for 2-3 days before they can fly because they are too fat when laying eggs.
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From: Zach Huang
(May 17, 2005 10:22 EDT)
True for dorsata, but florea is not bad, you can get very close and photograph them .
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From: Lycanthrope
(Jul 09, 2007 06:37 EDT)
Hi! I've had dwarf bees build a nest right outside my bedroom window, and I'm wondering how to get rid of them. I would also like to know if there's any possibility that they might re-colonize in the same place. I identified the bees through images on your site, and so I know it's dwarf bees. Do you have any information?
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From: zach
(Aug 26, 2007 22:00 EDT)
where are you at? unless you are in China/Thailand, I do not think you have this species. please email me directly.
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