Reef bee

Reef bee
Systematics
without rank: Bees (Apiformes) Family : Apidae Subfamily : Apinae Genre : Honey bees ( apis ) Type : Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) Subspecies : Reef bee
Scientific name
Apis mellifera major
F. Ruttner , 1975

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The reef bee ( Apis mellifera major , often incorrectly referred to as the reef bee ) is a subspecies of the honey bee in North Africa . It was discovered by chance in the Moroccan Rif Mountains in 1974 . It is considered the link between the European and the African bee.

morphology

Apis mellifera major resembles the very closely related subspecies Apis mellifera intermissa ( tell bee ) and, like them, is dark in color. However, it is remarkably large in comparison to the Tell bee and has a very long proboscis that can measure up to 7.0 mm.

literature

• Friedrich Ruttner : Natural history of honey bees. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Abdelkarim Moujanni, Abdel Khalid Essamadi, Anass Terrab: L'apiculture au Maroc: focus sur la production de miel. International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, ISSR Journals, 2017, 20 (1), pp. 52-78. hal-01464924