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Italian bee Apis mellifera ligustica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Apis |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | A. m. ligustica
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Trinomial name | |
Apis mellifera ligustica Spinola, 1806
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Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee or the Italian Honey bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).