Italian bee

Italian bee
Apis mellifera ligustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species:
A. mellifera
Subspecies:
A. m. ligustica
Trinomial name
Apis mellifera ligustica
Spinola, 1806

The Italian bee or Italian honey bee (Apis mellifera ligustica) is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

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