The European honey bee, classified by Linnaeus in 1758 as Apis mellifera (Latin, “honey-producing bee”), is indigenous to Europe, Western Asia, and Africa. It cannot live in the wild in regions where either cold or drought makes the blossom season too short for the colony to reproduce through swarming and subsequently stockpile food for winter [10]. Other honey bee species live in South and East Asia. At the d…
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Geffcken, Hermann, “Bee”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 27 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_017616>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20160321
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