Tell bee

Tell bee
	Tell bee ( Apis mellifera intermissa )
Systematics
without rank:	Bees (Apiformes)
Family :	Apidae
Subfamily :	Apinae
Genre :	Honey bees ( apis )
Type :	Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera )
Subspecies :	Tell bee
Scientific name
	Apis mellifera intermissa
	Maa , 1953

The tell bee ( Apis mellifera intermissa ) is a subspecies of the honey bee in North Africa . The distribution area extends from Morocco to the east of Libya and also to southern Spain .

morphology

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

Web links

Commons : Apis mellifera intermissa - collection of images, videos and audio files

Apis mellifera intermissa . In: Atlas Hymenoptera , accessed November 29, 2018.

Individual evidence

↑ DR Smith, MF Palopoli, BR Taylor, L. Garnery, J.-M. Cornuet, M. Solignac, WM Brown: Geographical Overlap of Two Mitochondrial Genomes in Spanish Honeybees (Apis mellifera iberica). The Journal of Heredity, Oxford University Press 03/01/1991.
↑ Taher Shaibi, Stefan Fuchs, Robin FA Moritz: Morphological study of honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) from Libya. Apidologie 40 (2009) 97-105. doi : 10.1051 / apido / 2008068

[1] DR Smith, MF Palopoli, BR Taylor, L. Garnery, J.-M. Cornuet, M. Solignac, WM Brown: Geographical Overlap of Two Mitochondrial Genomes in Spanish Honeybees (Apis mellifera iberica). The Journal of Heredity, Oxford University Press 03/01/1991.

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