Help With Bee Identification.. Hoping an apiarist is lurking in the shadows and provide info on what type of bees these are. I've been calling them "Honey bees" and have been told they...

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Hoping an apiarist is lurking in the shadows and provide info on what type of bees these are. I've been calling them "Honey bees" and have been told they have a specific name. They are hanging around our Rose of Sharon.

TIA

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will47 Loc: Indianapolis, IN

Honey Bee. The second one.

Say Cheese Loc: Eastern PA

They look like the European honey bee to me.

Fiddlingbill Loc: Mass.

I believe they are honeybees. Wasps are yellow and black a ornery, the same as a wasp. I work in a garden center. And I have honeybees that swarm around the flowers, as I am watering
I have never been stung even when I have accidentally gotten them wet. It just seems to be a mutual situation of them knowing I am giving the plant water so they can keep taking pollen. It is really something nice to be able to co-habitate with them.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

will47 wrote:

Honey Bee. The second one.

Thanks, Will...that's what I was thinking!~!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Say Cheese wrote:

They look like the European honey bee to me.

Many thanks...seems like we have a consensus here. Appreciate you responding!!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Fiddlingbill wrote:

I believe they are honeybees. Wasps are yellow and black a ornery, the same as a wasp. I work in a garden center. And I have honeybees that swarm around the flowers, as I am watering
I have never been stung even when I have accidentally gotten them wet. It just seems to be a mutual situation of them knowing I am giving the plant water so they can keep taking pollen. It is really something nice to be able to co-habitate with them.

Good to hear, Bill and these never bother anyone in our yard. This afternoon was the first time this year I tried photographing them and I was right in among them!!

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

jederick wrote:

Hoping an apiarist is lurking in the shadows and provide info on what type of bees these are. I've been calling them "Honey bees" and have been told they have a specific name. They are hanging around our Rose of Sharon.

TIA

Nice set jederick

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jederick wrote:

Hoping an apiarist is lurking in the shadows and provide info on what type of bees these are. I've been calling them "Honey bees" and have been told they have a specific name. They are hanging around our Rose of Sharon.

TIA

Great images!! Tia
I think they may be a couple of Bert's Bees

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

apis mellifera

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

J-SPEIGHT wrote:

Nice set jederick

Thanks, Jack!!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Manglesphoto wrote:

Great images!! Tia
I think they may be a couple of Bert's Bees

Yeah, those darn Bert's Bees...they are a big seller!!

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

The color scheme on these two bees is different, indicating they are different varieties of honeybee. The second one has the coloration of the bees I’ve always known as honey bees in this area. The other has more black coloration which I haven’t seen around here.

Stan

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

StanMac wrote:

The color scheme on these two bees is different, indicating they are different varieties of honeybee. The second one has the coloration of the bees I’ve always known as honey bees in this area. The other has more black coloration which I haven’t seen around here.

Stan

Thanks Stan...that is what I was wondering...are they different bees. When you Google bees, the variety is mind boggling and confusing. Being in a somewhat agriculture area where bees are used to pollinate, was hoping someone familiar (apiarist) with bees could identify.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Nice shots Jederick.