Quote Originally Posted by gwizzie View Post
Hi Guys, a newbie question here what is a Amm queen ?? can someone please explain in simple terms.

Regards Graham
Hi Graham they are all basically just honeybees but there are quite a few races
All the honeybees we keep are Apis Mellifera something
So Apis Mellifera Carnica or Apis Melifera Linguista etc etc
The Carnica or Linguista bit is a sub classification and sometimes people call those the races of honeybee (rather than sub type)

Apis mellifera mellifera is usually shortened to AMM to save on typing

There are a few abbreviations for other stuff like "Brood in all stages" you might see posters say Bias instead