Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Else, George R., Bolton, Barry & Broad, Gavin R., 2016, Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 8050-8050 : 8050

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scientific name

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
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mellifica Linnaeus, 1761

Distribution

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man

Notes

There have been various subspecies names proposed for honey bees, with the supposedly native north west European population being A. mellifera mellifera . See Engel (1999) for a full taxonomy of Apis mellifera .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Apis