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European Honey Bee Apis mellifera

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Apidae [family]
Apis [genus] (1)
mellifera [species]

Classification

Apidae [family]
Apis [genus] (1)
mellifera [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
  • Bonaire
  • Curaçao
  • Saba
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Sint Maarten
  • Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Aruba
  • Introduced (2) - Bonaire
  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
  • Introduced (2) - Saba
  • Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
  • Distribution description The Africanized honey bee, or killer bee, has not been found yet on the Caribbean islands, but is to be expected (e.g. Van den Burg et al. 2025).

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