The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_honey_bee" class="extiw" title="en:European honey bee">European honey bee</a></b> or <b>western honey bee</b> (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) is a species of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/honey_bee" class="extiw" title="en:honey bee">honey bee</a>. The specimen in the picture is a fully grown female worker of the subspecies <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniolan_honeybee" class="extiw" title="en:Carniolan honeybee">Apis mellifera carnica</a> on an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea_purpurea" class="extiw" title="en:Echinacea purpurea">Echinacea purpurea</a> flower.
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