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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Colonial flying insect of genus Apis For other uses, see Honey bee (disambiguation). Honey bee Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent Pre๊ ๊ 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 ...
E. F. Phillips paid special attention to the unique characteristics of the Apis Mellifera Caucasia (Caucasian honey bee) species - great tongue length and docility and was impressed with the beekeeping potential in Georgia. [10] International exports were continued from 1969.
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', referring to the species' production of honey.
The Cape honey bee or Cape bee (Apis mellifera capensis) is a southern South African subspecies of the western honey bee.They play a major role in South African agriculture and the economy of the Western Cape by pollinating crops and producing honey in the Western Cape region of South Africa.
Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee or the Italian Honey bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). Origin
The Apis mellifera capensis (the Cape honey bee) has monopolized social parasitism of Apis mellifera scutellata hosts in the southern region of South Africa. Specifically, A. mellifera capensis workers produce crucial pheromones, achieve reproductive status, and overthrow an A. m. scutellata queen.
The subspecies is named after Professor Friedrich Ruttner, an expert in honey bee queen breeding and also in the intra-specific taxonomy of the Apis mellifera. [9] It is considered as making a comeback after Varroa was introduced to Malta in the early 1990s. [8]
Apis mellifera carpatica Barac 1977 The Carniolan honey bee ( Apis mellifera carnica , Pollmann) is a subspecies of the western honey bee . The Carniolan honey bee is native to Slovenia , southern Austria , and parts of Albania , [ 1 ] Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro , Serbia , Hungary , Romania , Bulgaria and North-East Italy .