• Question: how many species of honeybee are there

    Asked by Thomasthetankengine to Roberto, Jasmine on 7 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by 333envp47, sc, 824envp29, Cc🚜🚜, Jessica209, Ak_2907.
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      Roberto answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      There are only 7 species of honeybees in the world, but the number increases if you consider the subspecies.
      There are 44 subspecies of honeybees out there and 20 different subspecies live in Europe.
      Irland has its own subspecies, it is called Apis mellifera mellifera.

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