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ers. This breed of honeybee is known for swarming and is slow to build up
combs.Maybethegentlestofallhoneybees,theyareefficientinstockingup
for the winter season.
Caucasian Honeybees
(
Apis mellifera caucasica
), from the area near the
Black and Caspian seas, are gentle yet they have a tendency to swarm and
practically weld their hives shut with propolis.
Russian Honeybees
originated in the Primorsky Krai region of south Rus-
sia. This breed is considered gentle and good nectar gatherers.
HONEYBEE ANATOMY
A honeybee has five eyes with a combined total of seven thousand hexagonal facets
thatdetectmovement,color,andlight.Twolargecompoundeyesaresensitivetomove-
ment and color, while three smaller ones, located above the compound eyes and called
ocelli
, are sensitive to light, but cannot see images. Could these hexagon-shaped lenses
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