Taxonomy

Phylum	Arthropod	Junction tarsus
Class	Insecta	Divided in head, Thorax, Abdomen
Classification	Hymenoptera	Hymenoptera
Super-Family	Apoidea	Bees
Family	Apidae	Honey bees and humblebees
Sub-Family	Apinae	Perennely, social colonies
Gattung	Apis	Honeybees
Species	mellifera	Western honeybee

Subspecies Apis mellifera:

Geographic distribution	Subgenus
Central mediterranian sea and south west europe:	ligustica, carnica, macedonia, sicula, cecropia
Western mediterranian sea and nord west europe:	mellifera, iberica, sahariensis, intermissa
Middle East:	meda, adami, cypria, caucasica, armeniaca, anatolica
Africa:	intermissa, major, sahariensis, adansonii, unicolor, capensis, monticola, scutellata, lamarkii, yementica, litorea