: a sacred bull worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
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Thomson installed the hives with Apis mellifera ligustica, Italian honey bees.—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2024 Scientists typically refer to them as Africanized bees because the swarm was initiated by Apis mellifera scutellata, an African subspecies of the European honeybee imported to Brazil from South Africa and Tanzania in 1956 to introduce their heat tolerance genes.—Richard Pallardy, Ars Technica, 30 July 2024 Beekeepers had anecdotally observed this behavior among Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica), but no one had done a scientific analysis.—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 26 July 2024 Surprising selection In a study published February 29 in the journal Current Biology, scientists cataloged the spread of Asian honey bees (Apis cerana) in Australia, and analyzed the invasive populations’ genetic journey.—Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024 The Asian honey bee (Apis cerana), however, has evolved to be the hornets’ natural enemy.—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023 As a species, the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is millions of years old.—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023 No Mow May means one less chore this spring that could help feed bees Honeybees Honeybees, scientifically known as Apis Mellifera, are native to Europe.—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023 Each episode focuses on a different endangered species, such as Apis mellifera (Western honey bee) and Panthera tigris (tiger).—Julia MacCary, Variety, 22 Apr. 2023
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