[Bees, Wasps and Hornets of the American Southwest]

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Western Honey Bee: Apis mellifera - Western Honey Bee: Apis mellifera

Western honey bees drinking water from a trickle down a desert wash in Rainbow Canyon, located on the north side of Highway S-2 at about MP 27.6, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA..........March 30, 2006.
Paul Slichter