Apis mellifera sossimai
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| Apis mellifera sossimai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Apis |
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| Subspecies: | A. m. sossimai |
| Trinomial name | |
| Apis mellifera sossimai Engel 1999[1] | |
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Apis mellifera sossimai (common name the Ukrainian honey bee) extending from the west of Ukraine centrally and southwards towards the Caucasus mountains.[1] However in 2011 research from Ukraine conducted mtDNA analysis showing that the A. m. sossimai was not a separate subspecies, but only an ecotype of the Apis mellifera macedonica subspecies.[2]
Its name is derived from St.Zosimas of Solovki, patron Saint of beekeeping in Ukraine.[1]