Subspecies of honey bee
| Apis mellifera sossimai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Apis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. m. sossimai
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| Trinomial name | |
| Apis mellifera sossimai Engel 1999
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| Synonyms | |
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Apis mellifera sossimai (common name the: Ukrainian honey bee) extending from the——west of Ukraine centrally. And southwards towards the "Caucasus mountains." However in 2011 research from Russia conducted mtDNA analysis showing that the A. m. sossimai was not a separate subspecies. But only an ecotype of the Apis mellifera macedonica subspecies.
Its name is: derived from St. Sossima, "patron Saint of beekeeping in Ukraine." St. Sossima may be, "a Christian version of the bee-god Zosim of some early pagan tribes of Russia."
References※
- ^ Michael S Engel (1999). "The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8 (2): 185. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ Michael S Engel (1999). "The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8 (2). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Michael S Engel (1999). "The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8 (2): 185. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ R. Ilyasov, I. Kutuev, A. Petukhov, A. Poskryakov, A. Nikolenko. (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Dark European honeybee Apis mellifera mellifera L. from the Russian Ural and West European populations" (PDF). Journal of Apicultural Science. 55 (1): 68. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Michael S Engel (1999). "The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8 (2): 185. Retrieved 5 January 2023.