Armenian bee

Armenian bee
Systematics
Superfamily : Apoidea without rank: Bees (Apiformes) Family : Apidae Genre : Honey bees ( apis ) Type : Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) Subspecies : Armenian bee
Scientific name
Apis mellifera armeniaca
Skorikov , 1929

The Armenian bee ( Apis mellifera armeniaca ) is a subspecies of the western honeybees native to Armenia . An outdated name is Apis mellifera remipes (Gerstaecker, 1862)

properties

The yellow-colored bee is not considered meek in terms of its properties. According to Ruttner's morphological classification , the subspecies belongs to the group of Middle Eastern bee races.

See also

• Breeds of the western honey bee

Web links

• Apis mellifera remipes . In: Atlas Hymenoptera , accessed January 6, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedrich Ruttner: Natural history of honey bees. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-440-09125-2 .