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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 (top photo), West Balkan subspecies, widely distributed in Slovenia; A. m. ligustica Spinola, 1806 (bottom
photo), Apenninic
subspecies, common in the sub-Mediterranian region of Slovenia. |
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Worker of the Italian subspecies on Mentha.
Brje pri Komnu, Kras, July 2010. |
Trigona
melina – tropical eusocial bee |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia