The indigenous honeybees of Saudi Arabia

A review of an article on their natural history and role in beekeeping

A few months ago, I posted an essay examining a paper that Eva Crane presented in 1975. This kind of examination of a single source is something that I haven’t done much of in Honeybee Histories. The monthly seasonal posts verge towards that format (usually focusing on just one text), which I feel work well as part of the mix, but there is a wide variety of articles and books out there which would be interesting to examine more closely.

I therefore thought that I would do another one this month. Presently, I’m not planning to do these types of essays too regularly, but a few here and there should, I hope, add an additional flavour to Honeybee Histories. So, in this essay, I thought I would turn to an article published in the journal ZooKeys in 2011 which is available as open access. Let me know what you think and if you like these kinds of essays as your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Article Citation

• Alqarni, Abdulaziz, Mohammed A. Hannan, Ayman A. Owayss, Michael S. Engel, ‘The indigenous honey bees of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner): Their natural history and role in beekeeping’, ZooKeys, 134 (6 Oct. 2011), pp. 83-98.