Apis mellifera scutellata
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The East African lowland honey bee is a subspecies of the western honey bee. It is native to central, southern and eastern Africa, though at the southern extreme it is replaced by the Cape honey bee.
East African lowland worker bees foraging on pollen of an introduced foxtail agave
East African lowland worker bees entering and exiting a nest in a rock crevice
European dark bee
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The Apis mellifera mellifera is a subspecies of the western honey bee, evolving in central Asia, with a proposed origin of the Tien Shan Mountains and later migrating into eastern and then northern Eu
Poster produced by the Isle of Man Beekeepers Federation.