Saharan bee

Saharan bee
	Saharan bee ( Apis mellifera sahariensis )
Systematics
without rank:	Bees (Apiformes)
Family :	Apidae
Subfamily :	Apinae
Genre :	Honey bees ( apis )
Type :	Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera )
Subspecies :	Saharan bee
Scientific name
	Apis mellifera sahariensis
	Baldensperger , 1932

The Sahara bee ( Apis mellifera sahariensis ) is a subspecies of the honey bee in North Africa . It lives in particular in oases of the Sahara and has adapted to the real date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ).

morphology

Apis mellifera sahariensis is similar to the very closely related subspecies Apis mellifera intermissa ( tell bee ), but it has yellow rings on its abdomen. Apis mellifera intermissa , on the other hand, is almost black.

There are only a few pure Saharan bee colonies left, because humans hybridized these bees by importing foreign races.

Web links

The Sahara bee - apis mellifera sahariensis - , accessed on January 12, 2019.

Apis mellifera sahariensis . In: Atlas Hymenoptera , accessed January 12, 2019.

supporting documents

↑ Taher Shaibi, Stefan Fuchs, Robin FA Moritz: Morphological study of honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) from Libya. In: Apidologie 40 (2009) 97-105. doi : 10.1051 / apido / 2008068

[1] Taher Shaibi, Stefan Fuchs, Robin FA Moritz: Morphological study of honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) from Libya. In: Apidologie 40 (2009) 97-105. doi : 10.1051 / apido / 2008068