Apis mellifera — Common names

European Honey Bee learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
A Honeybee NatureServe resource Unknown
Bee NCBI Taxonomy Trusted
European Honey Bee Katja Schulz, NCBI Taxonomy Trusted
Honey Bee Animal Diversity Web Descriptions, BioKIDS, Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Monthly ARKive text import , NCBI Taxonomy, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted
Honeybee NCBI Taxonomy Trusted
Queen Honeybee uBio Trusted
Western Honey Bee NCBI Taxonomy Trusted
Western Honeybee Leo Shapiro Trusted

Chinese

Name Sources Status
西方蜜蜂 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted

Danish

Name Sources Status
Honningbi uBio Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
abeille domestique Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

German

Name Sources Status
Honigbiene Katja Schulz, uBio Trusted

Italian

Name Sources Status
ape del miele uBio Trusted

Portuguese

Name Sources Status
abelha do mel uBio Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
abeja de la miel uBio Trusted
Apis mellifera Unknown Trusted

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