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Apis mellifera anatoliaca

Subspecies of honey bee

Summary

Subspecies of honey bee

Apis mellifera anatoliaca (known commonly as the Anatolian honey bee) is a subspecies of Apis mellifera (honey bees).

Habitat

This bee is endemic to the Anatolian region of Turkey, populating the central and western parts of the country, but not European Turkey, as later research identified the honey bees of the Thrace region as primarily A. m. carnica.

Taxonomy

This bee type belongs to the branch of bee classified by Ruttner (1988) as "Oriental". A recent genetic study confirmed that the sub-species belongs to an Eastern Europe branch of the genotype of the honey bee. Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleaic acid (mtDNA) analysis of Thracian bees showed some similarities to the Apis mellifera carnica, although this same similarity was absent from Anatolian bee samples (Smith and Brown (1990) & Meixner et al. (1993). The cause of this is given as inter-breeding of native populations with nearby Austrian, Slovakian and Croatian bees.

References

References

  1. (''French'') [[Brother Adam]] & G.Ledent [http://perso.fundp.ac.be/~jvandyck/homage/books/FrAdam/voyages/4voy/fr.shtml (perso.fundp.ac.be website)] referenced content within 3rd sentence of ''L'abeille d'Anatolie Centrale'' in BA 29(4) 1965 p81-85 ''of'' La Belgique Apicole,28 & 29 1964–65 [Retrieved 2011-12-21]
  2. (January 2008). "An observation study on the effects of queen age on some characteristics of honey bee colonies". Italian Journal of Animal Science.
  3. (30 June 2005). "Morphometric and Electrophoretic Variation in Different Honeybee (''Apis mellifera'' L.) Populations". Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.
  4. (22 June 2010). "Industrial apiculture in the Jordan valley during Biblical times with Anatolian honeybees". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  5. (2010). "The Importance of Morphometric Geometry on Discrimination of Carniolan (''Apis mellifera carnica'') and Caucasian (''A. m. caucasica'') Honey Bee Subspecies and in Determining Their Relationship to Thrace Region Bee Genotype". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society.
  6. (2007). "Morphometric characterization of Iranian (''Apis mellifera meda''), Central Anatolian (''Apis mellifera anatoliaca'') and Caucasian (''Apis mellifera caucasica'') honey bee populations". Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World.
  7. Deborah R.Smith (2002) (referencing 54 studies)[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:n7ozmtO6BT4J:www.uludagaricilik.org.tr/dergi/2002/2002-3/dergi%25202002.3.2.pdf+1977)+In+Search+of+the+Best+Strains+of+Bees.+Supplementary+Journey+to+Asia+Minor.+Bee+World,+58(2),+57-66.&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjAWacKQfDdV2NgEGo_i_FzUJJSf755Eft3Vn1Y_NmTbzSiab22_7tsQvon9KyEKTlg4QA8YKJEuEtaHzK7BPNzXEtlNi5rqZCXkWZ1ji8IZ6T0h4Uu2NT9Tl0ACMkAl15gWI9h&sig=AHIEtbSqY3CFkwLDFgkzNvpbXIeHXf0nIA uludagaricilik.org.tr website] Uladag Bee Journal 2002[Retrieved 2011-12-21]
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