Honey bees are surprisingly abundant, research shows—but most are wild, not managed in hives

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Mar 5, 2024, 11:00 am178 pts
There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in the Americas, Oceania and eastern Asia, where it is introduced.

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Honey bees are surprisingly abundant, research shows—but most are wild, not managed in hives

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