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Bee species and subspecies in abelhas.eu

This page brings together every bee species and subspecies currently available in the abelhas.eu catalog, organized for public browsing and quick comparison.

Aggressiveness and disease-resistance scores are internal catalog references, shown on a simple 1 to 5 scale.

Reference guide

1 = very low · 5 = very high

Apis are honey bees with a functional sting, whereas Meliponini are stingless bees that produce smaller quantities of distinctive honey.

Honey bees
Native Introduced
Stingless bees
Native Introduced

Apis mellifera anatoliaca

Anatolian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera jemenitica

Arabian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 5/5

Trigona spinipes

Arapuá

Distribution
Aggressiveness 4/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Cephalotrigona capitata

Black Stingless Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Tetragona clavipes

Borá

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona asilvai

Caatinga Mandaçaia

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Scaptotrigona depilis

Canudo

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera capensis

Cape Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 4/5
Disease resistance 3/5

Apis mellifera carnica

Carniolan Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 3/5

Apis mellifera caucasia

Caucasian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 2/5

Partamona helleri

Cupira

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera cypria

Cyprian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 4/5
Disease resistance 3/5

Apis mellifera litorea

East African Coastal Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera scutellata

East African Lowland Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 5/5
Disease resistance 5/5

Apis mellifera monticola

East African Mountain Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 5/5

Apis mellifera lamarckii

Egyptian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera mellifera

European Dark Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 5/5

Melipona compressipes

Gray Uruçu

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera cecropia

Greek Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 3/5

Geotrigona subterranea

Ground-nesting Stingless Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona bicolor

Guaraipo

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera iberiensis

Iberian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Nannotrigona testaceicornis

Iraí

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera ligustica

Italian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 2/5

Melipona subnitida

Jandaíra

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Tetragonisca angustula

Jataí

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 5/5

Lestrimelitta limao

Lemon Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 3/5

Apis mellifera macedonica

Macedonian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera unicolor

Madagascan Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera ruttneri

Maltese Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona quadrifasciata

Mandaçaia

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Scaptotrigona postica

Mandaguari

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona marginata

Manduri

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Scaptotrigona mexicana

Mexican Stingless Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Plebeia droryana

Mirim

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Plebeia remota

Mirim-droryana

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Plebeia emerina

Mirim-guaçu

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona mondury

Mondury

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona scutellaris

Northeastern Uruçu

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Scaptotrigona pectoralis

Pectoral Stingless Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera sahariensis

Saharan Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 2/5
Disease resistance 5/5

Apis mellifera siciliana

Sicilian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 3/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Oxytrigona tataira

Tataíra

Distribution
Aggressiveness 4/5
Disease resistance 3/5

Apis mellifera intermissa

Tellian Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 4/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona fasciculata

Tiúba

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Schwarziana quadripunctata

Tubuna

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Apis mellifera adansonii

West African Honey Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 4/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Frieseomelitta varia

White-faced Stingless Bee

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona beecheii

Xunan-kab

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona seminigra

Yellow Uruçu

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5

Melipona flavolineata

Yellow-lined Uruçu

Distribution
Aggressiveness 1/5
Disease resistance 4/5