Honeybee

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This article is about the harmless insect found near flowers. For the larger and stinging variety found in trees, seewasp.

	Honeybee

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Real-world info

Name:Apis mellifera
Family:Apidae- Various Bees

Main appearances

Other appearances

Names in other languages

ミツバチ

蜜蜂

Abeille naine

Abeja melífera

Ape operaia

Восковая пчела

꿀벌

蜜蜂

Abeille naine

Abeja melífera

Honigbiene

Honingbij

Thehoneybee is abug in theAnimal Crossing series. It first appeared inAnimal Crossing: Wild World and has appeared in all subsequent games. It can be found flying near flowers. InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught fromspring to the start ofsummer.

Catch details[edit]

InWild World[edit]

#11

"I caught a honeybee! Hello, honey!"

Description	The worker bees are female. Honey is a natural preservative!
Time of year	Mar – Sep
Time of day	9 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	Mar – Jul
Location	Flying near flowers
Bug size	13 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	100Bells
Furniture size

InCity Folk[edit]

#12

"I caught a honeybee! Hey there, sweetie!"

Description	All worker bees are female. Their honey has an almost indefinite shelf life.
Time of year	Mar – Jul
Time of day	Mar – Jun: 8 AM – 5 PM Jul: 8 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Flying near flowers
Bug size	13 mm
Rarity	Uncommon
Selling price	100Bells
Furniture size

InNew Leaf[edit]

#12

"I caught a honeybee! What a sweet catch!"

Time of year	Mar – Jul
Time of day	Mar – Jun: 8 AM – 5 PM Jul: 8 AM – 4 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Flying near flowers
Size	16 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	100Bells
Furniture size

InNew Horizons[edit]

#24

"I caught a honeybee! Ah, sweet success!"

Time of year	North: Mar – Jul South: Sep – Jan
Time of day	8 AM – 5 PM
Location	Flying near flowers
Weather	Any except rain
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny: 200Bells Flick: 300Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

InWild World[edit]

"The stinger of a honeybee is actually connected to its internal organs, eh wot? When ituses its stinger... the organs get pulled out. What an abhorrent image! I'm terribly sorry, but nature is not always family friendly!"

The honeybee can be found at the middle-left side of the first room of thebugs section, on the flowers.

InCity Folk[edit]

"Honeybees are rather famous among bees for the impressive teamwork they exhibit, eh wot? I've even heard they will swarm over enemies many times their size in an attempt to suffocate them. I must admit, it makes them seem rather like a bunch of brave warriors... Even so, when I imagine a massive swarm of bees, a different phrase comes to mind... "BLEEECCCH!"

It can be found in the lower-left section of the exhibit, buzzing among the roses.

InNew Leaf[edit]

Upon being donated, the honeybee can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit flying around and resting on the bushes near the back of the room. The exhibit has this to say about the honeybee:

"Honeybees gather nectar from flowers and make honey, making them integral in many ecosystems. The worker bees are females and the only ones capable of stinging, though that is rather rare. The hive does contain males, but after mating season, they are all sent away. Honey has been consumed since ancient times. Cave paintings 8,000 years old show people eating honey."

InNew Horizons[edit]

"Did you know it takes a team of honeybees working together to transform flower nectar into honey? Indeed, forager bees suck nectar from flowers into their "honey stomachs" and then fly it to the hive. Hive bees then chew the substance and spit it into the honeycomb, fluttering their wings to dry it out. Yes, you could say honey is a tasty tribute to the hard work of the humble honeybee. Oh! Oh my! You mustn't confuse my lengthy description for admiration! At the end of the day, honeybees are still insects, and thus still ghastly! A wee bit ghastly than most, I admit."

The honeybee can be found on the tropical flower bed near theman-faced stink bug and themantis.

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Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information[edit]

A European honeybee settling on a flower.

Apis mellifera, the European honeybee, is a species of honeybee that is used frequently around the world to produce honey; contrary to its name, the species originated from Africa rather than Europe. There are many subspecies of this bee due to human intervention. Like the in-gamewasp and most species of bee, the European honeybee is capable of delivering a venomous sting, though this does not occur in-game. Unlike these other species, the European honeybee's stinger is barbed, causing the bee to fatally disembowel itself when the stinger is caught in the target's skin, leaving behind a sac that continues to envenomate the target until the stinger is removed. Despite being omnivorous, the European honeybee preys on microbes rather than other insects; consequently, stinging is used exclusively to protect against perceived threats.

The European honeybee has been subject to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), an unexplained phenomenon in which all worker bees leave their colony and die, leaving the hive without any means of supporting itself.

More information on this topic is available atWikipedia.

Names in other languages[edit]

	ミツバチ Mitsubachi	Honeybee

	꿀벌 Kkulbeol	Honeybee

	蜜蜂 Mìfēng	Honeybee

	Восковая пчела Voskovaya pchela	Asiatic honeybee

	Honingbij	Honeybee

	Honigbiene	Honeybee

	Abeja melífera	Honeybee

	Abeille naine	Dwarf bee

	Ape operaia	Literally worker bee, honeybee