Apis mellifera iberiensis

Apis mellifera iberiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species:
Subspecies:
A. m. iberiensis
Trinomial name
Apis mellifera iberiensis
Engel, 1999 [1]

Apis mellifera iberiensis, or the Spanish bee, is a western honey bee subspecies native to the Iberian Peninsula. It is also found on the Balearic Islands.[2]

  1. ^ F. Cánovas; P. De la Rúa; J. Serrano; J. Galián (2007). "Geographical patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in Apis mellifera iberiensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 46 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00435.x.
  2. ^ Diversitat de l'abella de la mel