Apis mellifera artemisia

Apis mellifera carnica or the Russian Steppe honey bee is a declared subspecies of Western honey bee. This race occurs in the central Russian steppes.
This is one of the subspecies whose taxonomic status has been put into doubt by authors of a 2011 research paper.
==References==
==External links==
*The taxonomy of recent and fossil honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis)
*Phylogenetic Relationships of Dark European Honeybees Apis Millifera Mellifera L. from the Russian Ural and West European Populations
Category:Apis (genus)