Bees - Honey Bee Stamps, Beekeeping, Apiculture

Jersey
100 Years of the Jersey Beekeepers Association
October 3, 2017
The minisheet depicts European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera).

Canada
Native Bees
May 1, 2018
The booklet stamps feature rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) and metallic green bee (Agapostemon virescens).
(Illustrator: Dave Murray)

Greece
World Bee Day
May 18, 2018
The stamp set marks the World Bee Day adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

Ireland
Irish Native Bee Species
July 12, 2018
The stamp set features Bumble Bee, Heather Bee, Tawny Mining Bee, and Ashy Mining Bee.

Slovenia
World Bee Day
May 25, 2018
The minisheet shows portrait of Anton Janša (1734-1773), a pioneer of modern apiculture. The stamp shows Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica).

Malaysia
Honey Bees in Malaysia
April 9, 2019
The stamp set depicts giant honey bee (Apis dorsata), eastern honey bee (Apis cerana), black dwarf honey bee (Apis andreniformis). The minisheet depicts stingless honey bees (Heterotrigona itama).

Australia
Native Bee Species
May 24, 2019
The stamp set features Resin Bee (Megachile macleayi), Neon Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus nitidulus), Green and Gold Nomia Bee (Lipotriches australica), and Wasp-mimic Bee (Hyleoides concinna).

Croatia
Carniolan Honey Bee
March 21, 2019
The stamps et depicts drone, worker bee, and Queen bee.

Morocco
Fauna and Flora
April 16, 2019
Set of two, one stamp depicts bee pollinating lemon flower.

On March 8, 2007 Guernsey issued several booklets featuring native wildlife. One of the stamps issued on the "GY" local rate (32p) panes is the ivy bee (Colletes hederae). Ivy bees are pollinators, and they prefer ivy. These bees resemble honey bees, but they are smallish (10-13mm in length), and not closely related.

Ivy bees are solitary, and therefore they do not live in hives or colonies. However, they do tend to nest closely in burrows made in the soil.

United Nations (Vienna)
World Bee Day
May 20, 2019
The minisheet depicts long-horned bee (Melissodes) and blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora).

Malta
Apiculture in Malta
November 22, 2019
The set of five stamps depicts the Maltese honey bee collecting nectar and storing honey in the beehive.

Kyrgyzstan
Beekeeping in Kyrgyzstan
October 28, 2019
The minisheet depicts apiary in the mountains.

Here is India's February 29, 1980 stamp (Sc #858) publicizing the Second International Apiculture Conference held in New Delhi.

Israel
Bees in Israel
April 21, 2020
The stamp set depicts Large Earth Bumble Bee, Hairy-footed Digger Bee, and Western Honey Bee.