EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The honeybee was designated official state insect of Georgia in 1975 to acknowledge the insect’s contribution to the state’s economy through honey production and aiding pollination of more than 50 Georgia crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -If you answered “the European honey bee, ” you’re right. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is also the state insect of 16 other states: Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a stricter sense, honeybee applies to any one of seven members of the genus Apis-and usually only the single species, Apis mellifera, the domestic honeybee. This species is also called the European honeybee or the western honeybee. All honeybees are social insects and live together in nests or hives.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bumble bees, and perhaps the carpenter bees, are our most familiar native bees, but some 4, 000 other bee species also are native to the United States. More than 500 of them live in Georgia. An exception is the honeybee, a non-native that was imported by early European settlers.