Caucasian honey bee [SEP] parent taxon
Caucasian honey bee
The Caucasian honey bee ("Apis mellifera caucasia", commonly misspelled "caucasica") is a subspecies of the western honey bee.
Origin.
The Caucasian honey bee originates from the high valleys of the Central Caucasus. Georgia is the “central homeland” for the subspecies, although the bees also can be found in eastern Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Anatomy and appearance.
- Shape and size: similar to "A. m. carnica"
- Chitin color: dark with brown
hunter-gatherers of the Caucasus region
Other uses.
- Certain types of animals:
- Brown Caucasian cattle, a cattle breed
- Caucasian honey bee, a sub-species of the western honey bee
- North Caucasian pig, a pig breed
- Caucasian snowcock, a type of bird
- Caucasian Shepherd Dog, a dog breed
- Caucasian, a nickname for a white Russian (cocktail)
See also.
- Caucasophobia, racism in Russia toward native Caucasus inhabitants
- Caucasia