*Apis mellifera

Honey Bee feeding on pollen of Cape Weed *Arctotheca calendula, October 2006.
Honey bees are pollinators of many species in the Cumberland Plain Woodland at Mount Annan Botanic Garden.
Photograph: L. von Richter

Honey bee hive in  hollow log.  Honey bees occupy sites that would otherwise be used by native birds and reptiles.
Competition from feral bees has been declared a key threatening process under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act. (Threatened species infromation)
Photograph: L. von Richter