Scientific Name: Apis mellifer
Family: Apidae
Native Range: Europe, naturalized throughout North America, Pennsylvania
Size: Medium, 10 – 15 mm (0.4 – 0.6 in)*
Nest: Social, colony*
Nesting Location: Human-made hives, tree cavities, tree limbs or branches*
Nest Materials: Hexagonal cells of wax*
Active: Early spring – late fall*
Color and Appearance: Black with golden hairs*
Pollen Collection: Pollen baskets on hind legs (coriculae)*
Flight Distance: ~ 2 miles, 3.2 km*
*From Heather Holm, Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants. Minetonka: Pollination Press, LLC, 2014., p. 267.
Honey Bee on Ohio Spiderwort 
Honey Bee on Cup Plant 
Honey Bee and Skipper on Mountain Mint 
Honey Bee on Anise Hyssop 
Honey Bee on Asiatic Day Flower 
Honey Bee on Autumn Sedum