List of honeybee races

Races of Honeybees (Apis mellifera)

• Apis mellifera mellifera: (German honeybee) Northern Europe, domesticated in modern times, taken to North America in colonial times

• Apis mellifera carnica: (Carniolan honeybee) Southeastern Europe, popular with beekeepers due to its gentleness.

• Apis mellifera ligustica: (Italian honeybee) Italy - the most commonly kept race in North America, South America and southern Europe

• Apis mellifera cypria: (Cyprian honeybee) Near East

• Apis mellifera caucasica: (Caucasian honeybee) Caucasus Mountains

• Apis mellifera lamarckii: (Lamarkian honeybee) Egypt

• Apis mellifera scutellata: (African honeybee) central and west Africa, hybrids of this species in the Americas are called Africanized bees.

• Apis mellifera anatoliaca: (Anatolan honeybee) Turkey

• Apis mellifera capensis: (Cape honeybee) South Africa

• Apis mellifera nubica: (Nubian honeybee) Sudan

• Apis mellifera syriaca: (Syrian honeybee Near East

• Apis mellifera iberica: (Iberian honeybee) Spain, Portugal

• Apis mellifera monticola: High altitudes of east Africa

• Apis mellifera litorca: Low elevations of east Africa

• Apis mellifera sahariensis: Northwest Africa

• Apis mellifera meda: Iraq

This is not an exhaustive list. Additions and information on each race is welcomed