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Honey Bee

Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis (Apis) mellifera
Recognized by NMNH Entomology
Apis mellifera
Genus recognized by Protists in Singapore
Apis mellifera
Species recognized by Iran Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, Swaziland Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Turkey Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uruguay Species List, Venezuela Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, North Korean Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, S o Tom and Pr ncipe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Singapore Species List, Rwanda Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Jordan Species List, Kenya Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mauritania Species List, Lithuania Species List, Mexico Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Guatemala Species List, Finland Species List, Estonia Species List, Fiji Species List, El Salvador Species List, Ecuador Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belarus Species List, Belgium Species List, Benin Species List, Bhutan Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Croatia Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Anguilla Species List, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Armenia Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, India Species List, Norway Species List, Namibia Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, Sting Pain literature, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, Albania Species List, wikipedia AST, Bolivia Species List, wikipedia AF, Panama Species List, and Wikidata
Apis mellifera
Recognized by iNaturalist, Afghanistan Species List, AnAge, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, CalPhotos in DwC-A, One Species at a Time Podcasts, AnAge articles, Alaskan Arthropods, FAOSTAT, Furui 2020, and AmericanInsects DwCA
Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by NBII images
Apis (Apis) mellifera
Species recognized by PBDB in DwCA
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank
Apis mellifera
Species recognized by United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Wikimedia Commons, and TreatmentBank
Apis mellifera
Recognized by Flickr Group
Apis mellifera Linnaeus
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Apis adansonii Latreille 1804
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis aenigmaticus Rayment 1925
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis australis Kiesenwetter 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis caffra Lepeletier 1836
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis cerifera Gerstäcker 1862
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis cerifera Scopoli 1770
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis daurica Fischer von Waldheim 1843
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis fasciata Latreille 1804
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis gregaria Geoffroy 1762
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis intermissa Maa 1953
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellica cypria Pollmann 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellica remipes Gerstäcker 1862
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellida caucasia Pollmann 1889
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera acervorum Skorikov 1929
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera adami Ruttner 1975
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera adansoni Latreille 1804
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera anatoliaca Maa 1953
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera armeniaca Skorikov 1929
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera artemisia Engel 1999
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera capensis Eschscholtz 1822
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera carniolica Koschevnikov 1900
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera carpatica Barac 1977
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera caucasica Gorbachev 1916
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera cecropia Kiesenwetter 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera cypria Pollmann 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera iberica Ruttner 1988
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera iberiensis Engel 1999
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera intermissa Maa 1953
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner 1976
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera lamarckii Cockerell 1906
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera ligustica Spinola 1806
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera litorea F. G. Smith 1961
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera macedonica Ruttner 1988
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera major Ruttner 1976
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera meda Skorikov 1929
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera monticola F. G. Smith 1961
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera nubica Ruttner 1976
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera remipes Gerstäcker 1862
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera ruttneri Sheppard, Arias, Grech & Meixner 1998
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera sahariensis Baldensperger 1932
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier 1836
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera siciliana Grassi 1881
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera sicula Montagano 1911
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera simensis Meixner, Leta, Koeniger & Fuchs 2011
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera sossimai Engel 1999
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera syriaca Skorikov 1929
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera taurica Alpatov 1935
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera unicolor Latreille 1804
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica Linnaeus 1761
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica adami Ruttner 1975
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica banatica Grozdanic 1926
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica carnica Pollmann 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica cecropia Kiesenwetter 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica germanica Pollmann 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica hymettea Pollmann 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica nigrita Lucas 1882
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica rodopica Petrov 1991
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifica sahariensis Baldensperger 1932
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis nigritarum Lepeletier 1836
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis remipes armeniaca Skorikov 1929
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis remipes transcaucasica Skorikov 1929
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis siciliana Dalla Torre 1896
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis sicula Montgano 1911
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Apis mellifera adansonii (Latreille 1804)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apis mellifera unicolor Latreille 1802
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apis mellifica
Obsolete variant according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

Honey bee preferred
Recognized by AnAge, wikipedia 日本語, and Wikidata
western honey bee
prefer
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Afrikaans

Heuningby preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

نحل العسل الغربي preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

Մեղրատու մեղու preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Bal arısı preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bashkir

Бал ҡорто preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Basque

Erle arrunt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bavarian

Imp preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Меданосная пчала preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bosnian

Pčela preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

Европейска медоносна пчела preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Abella de la mel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

意大利蜂 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Croatian

Pčela preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

včela medonosná preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

Honningbi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

honingbij preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Estonian

meemesilane preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

tarhamehiläinen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Abella do mel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

მეთაფლია ფუტკარი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Westliche Honigbiene preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

דבורת הדבש preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hindi

Label preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

háziméh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Icelandic

Alibýfluga preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

セイヨウミツバチ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata

Kashubian

Miodnô pszczoła preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Бал арасы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Бал аары preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kongo

Nyosi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

서양 꿀벌 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lak

Най preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Eiropas medus bite preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Naminė bitė preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Low Saxon

Westliche Honnigimm preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

медоносна пчеча preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malay

Lebah Eropah preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nahuatl

Pipiyōlin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

North Frisian

Im preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

Europeisk honningbie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
honningbie preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ossetian; Ossetic

Мыдыбындз preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

زنبور عسل اروپایی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Picard

É preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

pszczoła miodna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Portuguese

Abelha-europeia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Pushto; Pashto

شاتو مچی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

медоносная пчела preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Santali

ᱧᱮᱞᱮ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

медоносна пчела preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Shambala

Zapadna medonosna pčela preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Včela medonosná preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

Medonosna čebela preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Honungsbi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tajik

занбӯри асал preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tatar

Бал корты preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

Bal arısı preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Бджола медоносна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Unspecified

Alghina preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Europäisches Biili preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Westerne hunigbēo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Ong mật phương Tây preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Western Frisian

Huningbij preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Wu

西方蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Diq

Hınge preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sgs

Bėtės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Stq

Ieme preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Yue

西方蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

西方蜜蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

意大利蜂 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Hymenoptera
Apocrita
Aculeata
Apoidea
Anthophila
Apidae
Apinae
Apini
Apis Linnaeus 1758
Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Apis andreniformis Smith 1857
Apis cerana Fabricius 1793
Apis dorsata Fabricius 1793
Apis florea Fabricius 1787
Apis koschevnikovi Enderlein 1906
Apis laboriosa Smith 1871
Apis nigrocincta Smith 1860
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