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| Romania 1965 | Swizerland 1950 | Italy 1953 | Rep. of Korea 1974 | Russia 1971 |
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
| Cuba 1971 | Cuba 1971 | Cuba 1971 | Cuba 1971 |
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| Work bee | Male bee | Nest protection bee | Queen bee |
| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
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| Mozambique 2007 | Vietnam 1993 | Romania 2010 | Azerbaidjan 2005 |
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| Afiricanized Honeybee Apis mellifera scutellata (Apidae) |
Italian Honeybee Apis mellifera ligustica (Apidae) |
Carniolan Honeybee Apis melifera carnica (Apidae) |
Caucasian Honeybee Apis mellifera caucasica (Apidae) |
| Gambia 2013 | Gambia 2013 | Gambia 2013 | Mali 1987 |
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| Afiricanized Honeybee Apis mellifera scutellata (Apidae) |
Tunisian Honeybee Apis mellifera intermissa (Apidae) |
Saharan Honeybee Apis mellifera sahariensis (Apidae) |
West African Honeybee Apis mellifera adansonii (Apidae) |
| Bangladesh 2000 | Vietnam 1993 | Japan 1997 | Mali 1987 |
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| Indian Honeybee Apis cerana indica (Apidae) |
Asian Honeybee Apis cerana cerana (Apidae) |
Japanese Honeybee Apis cerana japonica (Apidae) |
Giant Honeybee Apis dorsala (Apidae) |
| Vietnam 1993 | Mali 1987 | Thailand 2000 | Vietnam 1993 |
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| Cavity-nesting Honeybee Apis koschevnikovi (Apidae) |
Dwarf Honeybee Apis florea (Apidae) |
Black Dwarf Honeybee Apis andreniformis (Apidae) |
Giant Himalayan Honeybee Apis laboriosa (Apidae) |
| British Alderney 2009 | British Isle of Man 2012 | Sierra Leone 2012 | Sierra Leone 2012 |
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| Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana (Apidae) |
Cuckoo Bee Epeolus variegatus (Apidae) |
Maranga Bee Meliponula cockerell (Apidae) |
Stingless Bee Hypotrigona cockerell (Apidae) |
| Ancient Greek | Zambia 2010 | Slovenia 2004 |
| 387BC SILVER | COPPER-NICKEL | COPPER |
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| Honeybee ??? (Apidae) |
African Honeybee Apis mellifera scutellata (Apidae) |
Carniolan Honeybee Apis melifera carnica (Apidae) |
| Italy 1919 | Italy 1953 | Malta 1972 | Vatican city 1992 | Slovenia 1993 |
| COPPER-NICKEL | ALUMINUM | ALUMINUM | ALUMINUM | ALUMINUM |
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
| SanMarino 1974 | Togo 2005 | Ukraine 2010 | Morocco 2011 | Canada 2013 |
| ALUMINUM | SILVER | GOLD | BRASS | SILVER |
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| Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
| Luxembourg 2013 | Sint Eustatius 2013 | Cook Islands 2014 | NewZealand 2018 |
| ALUMINUM-BRONZE+SILVER | BRASS+COPPER-NICKEL | GOLD plated SILVER | SILVER |
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
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| Queen bee | Male bee | Work bee | Chrysalis | Child |
| Japanese Honeybee Apis cerana japonica (Apidae) |
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A honeybee is often drawn on a stamp in a socialist country in order to lead social life.
The honey refined from the nest of the honeybee is one of the sources of nutrition in which nutritive value is high and important for man.
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