Apis mellifera
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Summary
Apis mellifera is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,065 views/month, #651 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Sex or gender: female[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- Physically interacts with: Apocephalus borealis[5]
- IUCN conservation status: Data Deficient[6]
- Parent taxon: Apis[7]
- Taxon name: Apis mellifera[8]
- Commons category: Apis mellifera[9]
- Color: yellow[10], black[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Western honey bee[12]
- Commons gallery: Apis mellifera[13]
- Main food source: nectar[14], pollen[15]
- External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/543c4afc-4ffb-4e11-a858-a6d1d9745214[16]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[17], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[21], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[22], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23]
- This taxon is source of: honey[24], beeswax[25], royal jelly[26], propolis[27], apitoxin[28], Ektohormon[29], smell of honeycomb[30], smell of beeswax[31]
- Short name: A. mellifera[32]
- Taxon common name: Honey bee[33], 意大利蜂[34], včela medonosná[35], tarhamehiläinen[36], pszczoła miodna[37], honningbie[38], zahodna medonosna čebela[39], bal arısı[40], 양봉꿀벌[41], 西方蜜蜂[42], Abeille européenne[43]
- Different from: Apis[44]
- MCN code: 0106.41.00[45]
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Identifiers
Apis mellifera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47219[46]. Apis mellifera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7460[47]. Apis mellifera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1045608[48]. Apis mellifera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1341976[49]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 154396[50] and 1128078[51].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Apis mellifera include Antonov An-14 Pchelka[52], an aircraft family[53].
Why It Matters
Apis mellifera has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Antonov An-14 Pchelka[52], an aircraft family[53].