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Worker on Vaccinium
myrtillus. Dragomer, Debeli hrib, April 2004. |
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 Palaearctic-Ethiopian species. Its natural distribution in
Slovenia cannot be figured out because of cultivation. Today it is present in
all parts of the country. Polylectic social species. Nests in tree cavities. In Slovenia two subspecies exist, but they interbreed and
hybrids are common: A. m. carnica Pollmann, 1879 (photo), West Balkan subspecies, widely distributed in Slovenia; A. m. ligustica Spinola, 1806, Apenninic
subspecies, predominant in the sub-Mediterranian region of Slovenia. Trigona
melina – tropical eusocial bee |
