Souvenir Sheet: Bees and Bumble Bee (Alderney 2009)
Bees and Bumble Bee (Alderney 2009)
26 February (Alderney ) within release Bees goes into circulation Souvenir Sheet Bees and Bumble Bee face value 3.17 Guernsey pound
| Souvenir Sheet Bees and Bumble Bee in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Stanley Gibbons: | Sg:GG-AL 362 |
Souvenir Sheet is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Bees:
- Souvenir Sheet - Bees and Bumble Bee face value 3.17;
- Stamp - Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) face value 77;
- Stamp - Bug Mining Bee (Colletes daviesanus) face value 51;
- Stamp - Cuckoo Bee (Nomada goodeniana) face value 54;
- Stamp - Solitary Bee (Halictus scabiosae) face value 56;
- Stamp - Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva) face value 36;
- Stamp - Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum) face value 43;
Souvenir Sheet Bees and Bumble Bee it reflects the thematic directions:
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are currently considered a clade, called Anthophila. There are over 20,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families. Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – live socially in colonies while most species (>90%) – including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat bees – are solitary.
