Sicilian bee
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Apis mellifera siciliana |
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| Dalla Torre , 1896 |
The Sicilian bee ( Apis mellifera siciliana , Dalla Torre, 1896) is one of the breeds of the Western honey bee . It is also incorrectly called Apis mellifera sicula (Montagano 1911)
distribution
The species occurs safely in Sicily and in pure conservation breeding on the Aeolian islands Alicudi , Filicudi and Vulcano . The exact delimitation of the distribution area from other subspecies is still insufficiently known.
Ruttner counts the Sicilian bee in the Carnica group. However, studies show that the closest relative of the Sicilian bee is the tell bee , from which it differs in only a few characteristics. It is characterized by a high varroa tolerance , i. H. an infestation with the varroa mite remains without significant symptoms of the disease.
literature
- Heinrich Friese : The bees of Europe ( Apidae europaeae) . Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1969 (reprint of the first edition 1895-1901).
- Friedrich Ruttner : Natural history of honey bees . Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-440-09125-2 .
Web links
- Apis mellifera siciliana . In: Atlas Hymenoptera , accessed November 29, 2018.
- The Dark Bee - The Sicilian Bee , on: nordbiene.de
- Where varroa-tolerant colonies arise on: mellifera.de
- Apis mellifera sicula , on: imkerpedia.nl (Dutch)
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The Bee Whisperers - Italy - Sicily's Dark Bee , on: arte.tv, available from 14/05/2020 to 31/07/2020, accessed on July 7, 2020, previously:
The Savior of the Bees - A beekeeper in Sicily , on: amodeocarlo.com - broadcast on arte.tv from March 29th and 30th, 2019, available from 03/29/2019 to 04/28/2019