Persian bee

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

The Persian bee ( Apis mellifera meda ) is a subspecies of the western honeybees native to Iran , the Iraqi mountainous region and southeastern Anatolia .

properties

Apis mellifera meda is a very yellow, medium-sized subspecies that resembles Apis mellifera ligustica in many features . 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 meda . In: Atlas Hymenoptera , accessed January 9, 2019.

• The Persian bee - Apis mellifera meda - . Retrieved January 14, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ F. Ruttner, D. Pourasghar, D. Kauhausen: Die Honigbienen des Iran. 2. Apis mellifera meda Skorikow, the Persian bee. Apidologie, Springer Verlag, 1985, 16 (3), pp. 241-264. ( <hal-00890658> )
2. ↑ Friedrich Ruttner: Natural history of honey bees. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-440-09125-2 .