Apis mellifera adamii

Apis mellifera adamii is a honey-bee populating the meditteranean area.

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Taxonomy

A sub-species of Apis mellifera (the common honey-bee),[1] is the Cretan bee as classified by Ruttner 1988. The population on Crete has similar genotype to Grecian populations, Cretan bees have become a more mixed population due to breeding and beekeeping practices. ( no pure populations on the island )(Harizanis & Odos) [2]

bee-keeping

Western Cretan beehives are constructed of terracota,wood and wicker.On the east of the island the hives are always ceramic. (Baumann 1993: 166). [3]

See also

bee domestication

References

  1. ^ biolib.cz website[Retrieved 2011-12-20]
  2. ^ P Harizanis, Iera Odos mendeley Genetic structure of the bee from crete island (greece) Apidologie (2003) [Retrieved 2011-12-20]
  3. ^ L.Nixon sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk (Oxford University website) The Sphakia survey [Retrieved 2011-12-20] cited also: Baumann, Hellmut 1993. Greek Wild Flowers, London: Herbert.

Friedrich Ruttner (1975). Die Kretische Biene, Apis mellifica adami [The Cretan bee]. Kretische Die Biene, Apis mellifica adami [The Cretan bee]. Allgemeine Deutsche Imkerzeitung, 9(10), pp. Deutsche Allgemeine Imkerzeitung, 9 (10), pp. 271-272. 271-272.

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