Apis mellifera

Summary

Apis mellifera is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,603 views/month, #651 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Apis mellifera's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Apis mellifera is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Apis mellifera's physically interacts with is recorded as Apocephalus borealis^[5].
• Apis mellifera belongs to the parent taxon Apis^[6].
• Apis mellifera's scientific name is Apis mellifera^[7].
• Apis mellifera's Commons category is recorded as Apis mellifera^[8].
• Apis mellifera's color is recorded as yellow^[9].
• Apis mellifera's color is recorded as black^[10].
• Apis mellifera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western honey bee^[11].
• Apis mellifera's Commons gallery is recorded as Apis mellifera^[12].
• Apis mellifera's main food source is recorded as nectar^[13].
• Apis mellifera's main food source is recorded as pollen^[14].
• Apis mellifera's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/543c4afc-4ffb-4e11-a858-a6d1d9745214^[15].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[16].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[17].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[18].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[20].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[21].
• Apis mellifera's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[22].
• Apis mellifera's this taxon is source of is recorded as honey^[23].
• Apis mellifera's this taxon is source of is recorded as beeswax^[24].
• Apis mellifera's this taxon is source of is recorded as royal jelly^[25].
• Apis mellifera's this taxon is source of is recorded as propolis^[26].
• Apis mellifera's this taxon is source of is recorded as apitoxin^[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Apis mellifera is Apis mellifera^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Apis^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Honey bee'}^[28], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '意大利蜂'}^[29], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'včela medonosná'}^[30], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'tarhamehiläinen'}^[31], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pszczoła miodna'}^[32], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'honningbie'}^[33].

Identifiers

Apis mellifera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47219^[34]. Apis mellifera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7460^[35]. Apis mellifera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1045608^[36]. Apis mellifera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1341976^[37]. Apis mellifera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 154396^[38].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Apis mellifera include Antonov An-14 Pchelka^[39], an aircraft family^[40].

Why It Matters

Apis mellifera ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,603 views/month, #651 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include Antonov An-14 Pchelka^[39], an aircraft family^[40].