''Apis mellifera sahariensis'' is a North African bee

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Apis mellifera The western honey bee or European honey bee (''Apis mellifera'') is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name ''Apis'' is Latin for 'bee', and ''mellifera'' is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', ...

''. It is closely related to '' Apis mellifera intermissa'' in the region. ''Apis mellifera sahariensis'' is native to

Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

desert

oasis In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment date palm ''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet #Fruits, fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across North Africa, northern A ...

(''Phoenix dactylifera'') and other Saharan flora.Taher Shaibi, Stefan Fuchs and Robin F. A. Morit
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q8202634 mellifera sahariensis Western honey bee breeds Insects of Africa Fauna of the Sahara Insects of Egypt Insects of Sudan

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