Apis Collection

Bees, mainly for the beginner, 1941
Bees, mainly for the beginner, by Apis, 1941. Beekeeping advice. Date: 1941

Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, and hive
Western honey bee or European honey bee, Apis mellifera (Apis mellifica). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius (Apis flavicollis) on a thistle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Bust of Egyptian goddess Isis and bull deity Apis in black marble with white marks. Found in the Canopus of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli

Egyptian gods: Apis, Ailuros and Anubis
Egyptian gods: bull god Apis 1, cat god Ailuros 2, 4, and jackal god Anubis 3, 5, 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Curtis British Entomology Plate 769
Hymenoptera: Apis mellifica = Apis mellifera (Common Hive Bee, Honey Bee) Date: 1824-39

The Australian bushranger, Frank Gardiner arrested at Apis Creek, Queensland. 1863

The second Junkers G38 Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg
The second Junkers G38, Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg, was later re-registered D-APIS. This aircraft was taken over by the Luftwaffe in April 1940 but was destroyed in May 1941 during RAF

Apis mellifera, European honey bee
Photograph of a European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the wildlife garden. A typical small hive contains about 20, 000 bees which are divided into three types; Queen, Drones, and Workers

Copal with honey bee
A piece of East African copal with a honey bee, Apis mellifera preserved inside it. Specimen is less than 2 million years old

The Honey Bees Nest in an ant hill
At the Seba que River October 1870. Sketch 53 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Honeycomb of Apis sp. honeybee
A close-up of the structure of a the honeycomb made by a colony of honeybees

Apis mellifera, honey bee
Scanning electron microscope image of a honey bee coloured artificially by computer. The female worker caste of this species have special baskets on their legs to to take pollen back to the nest

Honeybee visiting a flower
A working honeybee visiting a flower and collecting pollen

Apis sp. honeybee visiting a flower
A honeybee collecting nectar and pollen whilst visiting a garden flower

Alexander the Great at Memphis
Alexander the Great at the Temple of Apis in Memphis

Cambyses Ii / Spamer / 525Bc
Cambyses II, ruler of the Achaemenid Persians, conquers Egypt and causes great offence by slaying the sacred Apis bull of Memphis

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