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Phylum	Arthropoda	Jointed Leg
Class	Insecta	head thorax abdomen
Order	Hymenoptera	membrane winged
Superfamily	Apoidea	the bees
Family	Apidae	honey and bumble bees, orchid bees, some stingless bees
Subfamily	Apinae	perennial social colonies
Tribe	Apini	only 1
Genus	Apis	hive bee
Species	mellifera	"honey bearing", western world

Subspecies of Apis mellifera:

Central Mediterranean and SW Europe:

• ligustica
• carnica
• macedonia
• sicula
• cecropia

Western Mediterranean and NW Europe:

• mellifera
• iberica
• sahariensis
• intermissa

Middle East:

• meda
• adami
• cypria
• caucasica
• armeniaca
• anatolica

African:

• intermissa
• major
• sahariensis
• adansonii
• unicolor
• capensis
• monticola
• scutellata
• lamarkii
• yementica
• litorea

Asian species of Apis:

• Apis koschevnikovi
• Apis nuluensis
• Apis nigrocincta
• Apis dorsata
• Apis laboriosa
• Apis florea
• Apis andreniformis
• Apis cerana

Apis cerana, subspecies:

• cerana
• indica
• japonica
• himalaya

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Realization: Gilles RATIA Last update: 21/07/99 APISERVICES - Copyright © 1995-2000

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