Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

🇬🇧 Honey Bee
🇫🇷 Abeille domestique, Abeille européenne, Abeille mellifère, Mouche à miel

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Apini
Genus: Apis
Species: Apis mellifera

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): DD Data Deficient

Photographs

img/apis-mellifera.webp — Apis mellifera foraging on a flower of Taraxacum sp.

img/apis-mellifera-2.webp — Apis mellifera foraging on a flower of Bellis perennis

img/apis-mellifera-3.webp — Apis mellifera foraging on a flower of Ulex europaeus

Videos

Apis mellifera foraging on a flower of Taraxacum sp.

Sources

De la Rúa, P., Paxton, R.J., Moritz, R.F.A., Roberts, S., Allen, D.J., Pinto, M.A., Cauia, E., Fontana, P., Kryger, P., Bouga, M., Buechler, R., Costa, C., Crailsheim, K., Meixner, M., Siceanu, A., & Kemp, J.R. (2014). Apis mellifera (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42463639/42463665