Apis mellifera remipes is known by the common name of the Armenian honey bee and is reported to occur in the region of Armenia, however numerous names have been assigned to honey bees within this area leading to considerable confusion as to the correct name which should be used. There has also been doubts raised as to whether the A. m. remipes has been misidentified, and is not actually the A. m. anatoliaca to the west.[1]
A research paper published in 2010, conducted in the Kars region of Turkey, using morphometric analysis to identify the honey bees in their samples, lists the A. m. remipes as a "trans-Caucasian race" while also listing a synonym used for the A. m. remipes, the Apis mellifera armeniaca but describing it as the "Armenian race", treating the two names as two separate subspecies. The study described the A. m. remipes as a bee living in the low lands and containing notable yellow coloration in contrast to the other bees in the area such as the Apis mellifera anatoliaca and the Apis mellifera caucasica.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Michael S Engel (1999). "The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8 (2): 180. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Mehmet Ali Kirpik, Özer Bututaki, Duygu Tanrikulu. (2010). "Determining the Relative Abundance of Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera L.) Races in Kars Plateau and Evaluating Some of Their Characteristics" (PDF). KAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ DERGİSİVETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ DERGİSİ. doi:10.9775/kvfd.2010.2081 (inactive 2024-02-23). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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