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Collecting honeydew

Collecting honeydew

Honeybees look for sustenance from sources other than flowers. This bee is collecting honeydew secreted by scale insects on a black birch tree.

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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: Be0043smt.tif
Photograph by Peter E. Smith

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Allan Gillingham. 'Beekeeping', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/beekeeping/2/2