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Role of the Honey Bee
Australia’s premier insect, the European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera.
The European honeybee, Apis mellifera, is probably the most important insect ever introduced to Australia. Imported for honey by European settlers, the honeybee has become our primary agricultural pollinator.....
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Australian Native Bees (by Anne Dollin)
Australia has over 1500 species of native bees ranging from the spectacular 24 mm yellow and black carpenter bees down to the tiny 2 mm Quasihesma bees. With their wide array of shapes, sizes and behaviours, Australian native bees are important pollinators of our magnificent wildflowers........
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