Introduction. Wing venation is used in the taxonomy of insects such as ants (Perfilieva K.S., 2010), honey bees (Porporato M., et al.,2014, Eligül H., et al., 2017), and others. Accounting for venation anomalies can be successfully done in population monitoring (Muzlanov Y.A., 2002). Many authors have studied natural venation anomalies in honey bees. Their various types and localizations have been described (Porporato M., et al.,2014, Eligül H., et al., 2017, Mazeed A.M.M., 2011).

Methods: The work on accounting for anomalies in the venation of the fore wings was performed in the laboratory of the FSBSI "FBRC" by viewing images containing the fore wings (left and right) of honey bees and registering these anomalies in a specially designed form.

Results: It has been established from literary sources that there are 22 types of anomalies in the venation of the front wings of honey bees. By analyzing the obtained wing images, we have identified 17 types of anomalies, of which 6 are not described in the literature. The anomalies encountered in the analysis of wing images were recorded in the form we developed. Photos of the found anomalies were taken. A total of 2,240 pairs of front wings were analyzed, of which 794 pairs had at least one anomaly. The most common types of anomalies were "c" and "j". The average number of anomalies per bee was 0.41±0.034, with fluctuations from 0.05 to 1.32 and a coefficient of variation of 61.4%.

Conclusions: The frequencies of the occurrence of different types of wing venation anomalies were established, of which type "j"—57.6% and type "c"—15.9% were the most common. The average number of anomalies per bee was 0.41±0.034. n total, 6 types of anomalies not described in the literature were determined.