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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) at Tiny Marsh Royalty Free Stock Photo

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) growing in a meadow Royalty Free Stock Photo

Honey Bee on Common Milkweed 3 - Asclepias syriaca

Big, Round Common Milkweed Blosssom with a Honey Bee - Asclepias syriaca Royalty Free Stock Photo

Honey bee on a milkweed flower in a Connecticut garden Royalty Free Stock Photo

Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds. Common milkweed is a clonal perennial herb growing up to 8.5Â ft tall. Its ramets grow from rhizomes. A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial colonial nests from wax, the large size of their colonies, and surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. The best known honey bee is the western honey bee, (Apis mellifera), which was domesticated for honey production and crop pollination.