Published June 1, 1942 | Version v1
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Apis mellifera Linnaeus

  • 1. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Description

1. Apis mellifera Linnaeus,

Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 576, 1758.

" A large colony was observed hanging beneath a large branch of a Pithecolobium tree by the roadside near Piti. It was at an elevation of 15 to 20 feet, and continued there for five months after we discovered it. A smaller colony vtas similarly situated higher up in the tree. Sometimes the bees nest in cliffs of the coral limestone.

"The honeybee, introduced into Guam from the Hawaiian islands in 1907, seems to readily take to open air life there. Little effort is made to produce honey on a commercial scale. Any convenient box is used for a hive. The universal kerosene case is commonly used, sometimes with a side open to the weather."-O. H. Swezey.

Notes

Published as part of CockerellL, T. D. A., 1942, Bees of Guam, pp. 188-190 in Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum on page 188, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5160372

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Apis
Species
mellifera
Taxon rank
species