honey bee western honey bee http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061857 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/46266008 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7460 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Western_honey_bee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Apis_mellifera https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30034 SF521-SF539 Apis mellifera European honey bee QL568.A6-Entomology 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", referring to the species' production of honey. western honey bees