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The East African lowland honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) is a subspecies of the western honey bee. It is native to central, southern and eastern Africa, though at the southern extreme it is replaced by the Cape honey bee ( Apis mellifera capensis ). [ 1 ]
Apis mellifera intermissa, classified by von Buttel-Reepen, 1906 (the Tellian honey bee) found in the north western coast of Africa from Tunisia, along Libya and westerly into Morocco (north of the Atlas Mountains. [1] Apis mellifera jemenitica, classified by Ruttner, 1976 (the Arabian honey bee) found in Somalia, Uganda, Sudan and Yemen. [1]
The name simensis is taken from the Simien Mountains, a dominant mountain range in northern Ethiopia and a World Heritage Site. [2] A previously attempted naming by Mogga in 1988 of Apis mellifera bandasii and Apis mellifera woyi-gambella by Amssalu in 2004 were both determined to be nomina nuda according to the ICZN rules. [1]
The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee (AHB) and colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee (A. m. ligustica) and the Iberian honey bee (A. m. iberiensis).
Y ("yemenitica", subspecies from Ethiopia) (Hybrids and bee breeds, even with known ancestry, such as the Buckfast bee, are not included within the bee lineages; they are crossings of the Apis mellifera subspecies and are not defined as subspecies in their own right) The known subspecies within the lineage 'A' are: A. m. adansonii; A. m. capensis
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. Colonial flying insect of genus Apis For other uses, see Honey bee (disambiguation). Honey bee Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Western honey bee on the bars of a horizontal top-bar hive Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia ...
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Apiology – (from Latin apis, "bee"; and Ancient Greek-λογία, -logia) is the scientific study of honey bees. [citation needed] Honey bees are often chosen as a study group to answer questions on the evolution of social systems.