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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Honey diversity

I was able to capture the color illustrating the diversity of our bee’s honey while doing a hive inspection: not many people have the opportunity to see so much variation in one comb. The different colors indicate nectar collected from different local flowers.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 8 Plus
Copyright: © Marti Steiner Unger