Apis mellifera caucasia
| Caucasian honey bee | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Apinae |
| Tribe: | Apini |
| Genus: | Apis |
| Species: | A. mellifera |
| Subspecies: | A. m. caucasia |
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Apis mellifera caucasia Pollmann, 1889 |
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The Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasia, commonly misspelled caucasica) is a subspecies of the Western honey bee.
The Caucasian honey bee originates from the high valleys of the Central Caucasus. Georgia is the “central homeland” for the subspecies, although the bees also can be found in eastern Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The Hive and the honeybee, Chapter 11 Races of bees by Prof. Friedrich Ruttner, published by Dadant 1975
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