Quote Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger View Post
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
Sorry to be pedantic with my first post but the abbreviation is Amm not AMM.