Apis mellifera pomonella, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia

By W. Sheppard, M. Meixner. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding (2010, background): “About 26 subspecies and numerous ecotypes have been described, based upon behaviour, morphology, and molecular evidence (Ruttner 1988; Sheppard et al. 1997; Sheppard and Meixner, 2003).”
Global invasions of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) and the consequences for biodiversity (2005, background): “To date, 26 autochthonous A. mellifera subspecies have been identified (Engels, 1999; Sheppard & Meixner, 2003), and the species covers a bio-geographic range that includes western Asia and the European and African continents (Ruttner, 1988; Fuchs, 1998a,b; Hepburn & Radloff, 1998; Figure 1).”
A historical review of managed honey bee populations in Europe and the United States and the factors that may affect them. (2010, background): “Florida has recently been colonized with feral populations of Africanized honey bees.”
Standard methods for characterising subspecies and ecotypes of Apis mellifera (2013, background): “…adami), lineage O in the Near East and western Asia (caucasica, anatoliaca, syriaca, meda, armeniaca, jemenitica, and the later described pomonella (Sheppard and Meixner, 2003)), and lineage A (lamarckii, andansonii, scutellata, monticola, litorea, capensis, unicolor and the newly described…”
A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping (2011, background): “At present, about 26 subspecies of A. mellifera are recognized on the basis of morphometric characters (Ruttner, 1988, 1992; Sheppard et al., 1997; Engel, 1999; Sheppard and Meixner, 2003).”
Genetic integrity of the Dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) from protected populations: a genome-wide assessment using SNPs and mtDNA sequence data (2014, background): “…a cradle for honey bee differentiation, which led to the evolution of 10 subspecies among the 30 currently recognized (Ruttner, 1988; Hepburn and Radloff, 1998; Engel, 1999; Sheppard and Meixner, 2003; Meixner et al., 2011), thereby representing a substantial component of total honey bee diversity.”
Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions (2017, background): “Contrary to other Apis species that are restricted to Asia,a the native geo- graphical range ofA.mellifera spans from Scandinavia to Central Asia and the African continent (Ruttner, 1988; Seeley, 1985; Sheppard and Meixner, 2003).”