Saharan bee
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![]() Saharan bee ( Apis mellifera sahariensis ) |
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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