# AD2009Aug08 Apis mellifera 02

- By: Bernie
- Date: 2009-08-08
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AD2009Aug08_Apis_mellifera_02.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/AD2009Aug08_Apis_mellifera_02.jpg/1920px-AD2009Aug08_Apis_mellifera_02.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The European honey bee or western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The specimen in the picture is a fully grown female worker of the subspecies Apis mellifera carnica on an Echinacea purpurea flower.