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Story: Wasps and bees

Wild honeybees inside a hive

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Wild honeybees inside a hive

Wild honeybees are the same species (Apis mellifera) as domestic ones, but have built hives in the wild. This group of worker bees is tending the honeycomb.

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by John Marris, Lincoln University

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John Early, Wasps and bees – Introduced bees, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11160/wild-honeybees-inside-a-hive (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Early, published 1 March 2009.