Italian Bee


Italian bee
Apis mellifera ligustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species: A. mellifera
Subspecies: A. m. ligustica
Trinomial name
Apis mellifera ligustica

Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Read more about Italian Bee:  Origin, Anatomy, Disease Resistance, Characteristics, Selective Breeding, Worldwide Distribution

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