Caucasian honey bee

Caucasian bee
Scientific classification
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
Trinomial name
Apis mellifera caucasia
Pollmann, 1889

The Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasia, commonly misspelled caucasica) is a sub-species of the Western honey bee.

Origin

The Caucasian honey bee originates from the high valleys of the Central Caucasus. Georgia is the “central homeland” for the species, although the bees also can be found in eastern Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.[1]

Anatomy and Appearance

Behavior

beneficial for beekeeping

not beneficial for beekeeping

Sources

The Hive and the honeybee, Chapter 11 Races of bees by Prof. Friedrich Ruttner, published by Dadant 1975


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