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Apis mellifera mellifera -- Western/European honey beeApis mellifera cerana -- Oriental honey beeApis mellifera ligustica -- Italian honey beeApis mellifera iberiensis -- Spanish honey beeApis mellifera scutellata -- African honey bee
Apis is the genus name for all honey bees.Specifically, the honey bee's scientific name includes at least two names. One is the genus name. The other is the species, of which there are seven: andreniformis, cerana, dorsata, florea, koschevikovni, mellifera, and nigrocincta.
The honey you buy in the store is made by Honey Bees. There are 7 different types of honey bees including: Apis andreniformi, Apis florea, Apis dorsata, Apis cerana, Apis koschevnikovi, Apis mellifera, and Apis nigrocincta.
Andreniformis, cerana, dorsata, florea, koschevnikovi, mellifera, are nigrocincta are the scientific names for the honey bee species.Specifically, an animal's scientific name consists of at least two parts. The first part is the genus, which is Apis in terms of the honey bee. The second is the species, which will be one of the seven names given above. The complete name therefore will be Apis andreniformis, A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea, A. koschevnikovi, A. mllifera, or A. nigrocincta depending upon the honey bee in question.
The scientific name of honeybees is Apis mellifera.
Africanized bees do not have their own genus name because they are, by definition, hybrids. They are the result of crossing Tanzanian bees, apis mellifera scutella, with various European bees, such as apis mellifera lingustica, apis mellifera iberiensis and apis mellifera mellifera.
Apiculture focuses on species of bees that are social and live and work together, because that is necessary for bee farming. In the Western world, the predominant species of honey bees used for apiculture is the apis mellifera.
The honey bee is Apis mellifera.
'Killer bees' are more properly called Africanized honey bees. They are the result of a cross between Tanzanian honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata) queens and Western honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) drones.
Apis Mellifera and Apis Cerranae
Apis andreniformis, A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea, A. koschevnikovi, A. mellifera, and A. nigrocincta are scientific names of the honey bee.Specifically, a scientific name consists of at least two names, of which the first is the genus and the second the species. In this case, the genus indicates that the insect in question is a honey bee. The species tells exactly what kind of honey bee it is.
Apis mellifera.