Apis mellifera caucasica gorbachev biography
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Caucasian honey bee
Subspecies of western honey bee
The Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasia[3]) is a subspecies of the western honey bee.
Origin
The Caucasian honey bee originates from the high valleys of the Central Caucasus.
Apis mellifera caucasica gorbachev biography
Georgia is the “central homeland” for the subspecies, although the bees also can be found in eastern Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.[4]
Anatomy and appearance
- Shape and size: similar to A.
m. carnica
- Chitin color: dark with brown spots at times
- Hair color: lead-grey
- Tongue length: up to 7.3 mm [5]
Behavior
Beneficial for beekeeping
- Gentle and calm on the comb
- Longest proboscis, so it can extract nectar from the deepest nectar tissues, where no other honey bees can
- Ardent brood production – raising strong colonies
- Colonies reach full strength in mid-summer, which is good for areas where the highest nectar flow is in mid-summer
- Very great user of propolis