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Honey Bee
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Hymenoptera - bees, ants and wasps »  family Apidae - bees »  genus Apis - Honey Bees

Scientific synonyms

Apis mellifica Linnaeus, 1761

Other names

= Western Honey Bee

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Apis mellifera mellifera - German Honey Bee

Apis mellifera mellifera - German Honey Bee

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Apis mellifera - Honey Bee

Author: Jiří Novák

Apis mellifera - Honey Bee

Author: Jiří Novák

Apis mellifera mellifera - German Honey Bee

Apis mellifera mellifera - German Honey Bee

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Apis mellifera - Honey Bee

Taxon in country check-lists*

Africa: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Europe: Austria, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Crete, Czechia (Bohemia, Moravia), France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, South America: Venezuela, Asia: Armenia, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Yemen

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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Xysticus luctuosus (Blackwall, 1836), Molobratia teutonus (Linnaeus, 1767), Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 - Oriental Hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852 - Asian Giant Hornet, Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 - European Hornet, ...

parasite: Braula coeca Nitzsch, 1818, Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, 2000 - Parasitic Bee Mite, Vairimorpha ceranae (I. Fr., F. Feng, J.A. da Silva, S.B. Slemenda & N.J. Pieniazek) Yuri S. Tokareva, Wei-Fone Huangb, Paenibacillus larvae (White, 1906)

mimic: Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758) - Drone Fly

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Included taxa

Number of records: 38

subspecies Apis mellifera adamii Ruttner, 1977
subspecies Apis mellifera adansoni Latreille, 1804
subspecies Apis mellifera anatolica Maa, 1953
subspecies Apis mellifera armeniaca Skorikov, 1929
subspecies Apis mellifera artemisia Engel, 1999
subspecies Apis mellifera capensis Eschscholtz, 1822
subspecies Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann, 1879 - Carniolan Honey Bee

Apis mellifera carnica

subspecies Apis mellifera carpathica Foti, 1965
subspecies Apis mellifera caucasica Pollmann, 1889
subspecies Apis mellifera cecropia Kiesenwetter, 1860
subspecies Apis mellifera cypria Pollmann, 1879
subspecies Apis mellifera iberiensis Engel, 1999
subspecies Apis mellifera intermissa Maa, 1953
subspecies Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner, 1976
subspecies Apis mellifera lamarckii Cockerell, 1906 - Lamarck's Honey Bee
subspecies Apis mellifera ligustica Spinola, 1806 - Italian Bee

Apis mellifera ligustica

subspecies Apis mellifera lihzeni Buttel-Reepens, 1906
subspecies Apis mellifera litorea Smith, 1961
subspecies Apis mellifera macedonica Ruttner, 1988
subspecies Apis mellifera major Ruttner, 1978
subspecies Apis mellifera meda Skorikov, 1929
subspecies Apis mellifera mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 - German Honey Bee

Apis mellifera mellifera

subspecies Apis mellifera monticola Smith, 1961
subspecies Apis mellifera nubica Ruttner, 1976 - Nubian Honey Bee
subspecies Apis mellifera pomonella Sheppard & Meixner, 2003
subspecies Apis mellifera remipes Gerstäcker, 1862
subspecies Apis mellifera rodopica Petrov, 1991
subspecies Apis mellifera ruttneri Sheppard, Arias, Grech & Meixner, 1997
subspecies Apis mellifera sahariensis Baldensperger, 1932
subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier, 1836 - African Honey Bee
subspecies Apis mellifera siciliana Dalla Torre, 1896
subspecies Apis mellifera silvarum Alpatov, 1935
subspecies Apis mellifera simensis Meixner et al., 2011
subspecies Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan Chen et al., 2016
subspecies Apis mellifera sossimai Engel, 1999 - Ukrainian Honey Bee
subspecies Apis mellifera syriaca Skorikov, 1929 - Syrian Honey Bee

Apis mellifera syriaca

subspecies Apis mellifera taurica Alpatov, 1935 - Crimean Honey Bee
subspecies Apis mellifera unicolor Latreille, 1804

Links and literature

CZ Rostlinolékařský portál [c18ccd9cbe2ba381e37b810d0c33b76a]

Šlégrová Z. et al.: Rostlinolékařský portál [http://eagri.cz/public/app/srs_pub/fytop...] [as Apis mellifera]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2020
CZ Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) 2023.4 [22807]

Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody (ISOP) [http://portal.nature.cz] [as Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 25 April 2023
CZ PŘÍRODA.cz [45]

Kadlíková L. (ed.): PŘÍRODA.cz [http://www.priroda.cz]
EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Apis mellifera]
Data retrieved on: 14 April 2013
EN Pest Information Wiki [Apis_mellifera]

Pest Information Wiki [http://wiki.pestinfo.org] [as Apis mellifera Linnaeus]
Data retrieved on: 5 March 2016
EN Ruggiero M. (ed) (2008): World Bee Checklist [http://www.itis.gov/beechecklist.html], ITIS [as Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 10 April 2010
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
DE Zootier-Lexikon [529:hautfluegler-apis-mellifera&Itemid=727]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 November 2018
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