Apis_mellifera - WaspWeb

	Apis mellifera adansonii
	Apis mellifera capensis
	Apis mellifera intermissa Apis mellifera jemenitica Apis mellifera lamarckii Apis mellifera litorea Apis mellifera major Apis mellifera monticola Apis mellifera sahariensis
	Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier, 1836.
	Apis mellifera unicolor

Distribution	Worldwide (native to Old World: Palearctic and Afrotropical regions, but introduced to New World: North & South America).
Biology	Social, constructing multiple wax combs for storage of pollen and honey and raising brood.
References	Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548. Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp. 279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp. Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 953 pp. Picker, M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa); colony photograph © Mike Picker & Charles Griffiths (University of Cape Town) (published in Struik's Field Guide to Insects of South Africa).

Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Honey bee)