Good morning from a sunny South Africa.

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Eva crane lists them as two different bees in two different parts of Africa.

She also said 48 scutellata queens and one from Tanzania (I don't know what that was) was successfully introduced in Brazil in 1956 .

And yet David J C Fletcher in his paper "The African Bee Apis mellifera adansonii in Africa" states

The African honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii, has attracted increasing attention in recent years, mainly as a results of the problems that arose following the introduction of this bee into Brazil in 1956

suggesting at the least, the two names seem interchangeable.
Fletcher also states the keeping of Adansonii for honey on the East coast not the West

 

[Anduril]

It is nailed togerher.

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That's going take a while to remove, could use your hive tool and a penknife, when you have enough leverage two hive tools should do it, although the bees may get upset.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It is nailed togerher.

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Seems to be a popular thing to do out there. But I suppose the thing is, with the African bee prone to absconding if disturbed too often, weekly inspections aren't the regime.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I think scutellata is the correct name for the South African honey bee; Adonsonii for the west African coastal honey bee.

Stephen Adjare of the Apiculture Promotion Unit of the University of Science and Techonlogy' Kumais Ghana - writer of 'the Golden Insect' and 'Beekeeping in Africa' published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN states scutellata and adansonii are one and the same.

 

[Madge]

Stephen Adjare ...states scutellata and adansonii are one and the same.

Oh well, the mix-up continues - and not only between scutellata and andansonii, but it now seems between capensis and unicolour as well.

I think I prefer scutellata. Adandsonii reminds me of 'Adoons' - and that is a baboon's name.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Oh well, the mix-up continues ..... but it now seems between capensis and unicolour as well.

That may have been me scan reading to find something else and that caught my eye. I have the article on capensis and its spread/contribution to collapsing colonies somewhere copied from a South African farmer's magazine when I was out in Lesotho, I'll have to try and find it now!!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Just found this:
Bee Populations in Southern Africa – Western Cape : Apis Mellifera
capensisi
by John Moodie SABIO from June 2011

Abstract : A brief explanation of the unique Cape honeybee: its ability to lay
diploid eggs without having mated,

Seems the Cape bee has often been called/mistaken for the black bee.

http://www.rr-africa.oie.int/docspdf/en/2011/BEE/05_Moodie_paper.pdf

More to the point - think we should apologise to the OP for derailing his thread (could swear I had Finnish blood or something!!)
But at least you've started a lively and interesting conversation

 

[Madge]

Just found this:
Bee Populations in Southern Africa – Western Cape : Apis Mellifera
capensisi
by John Moodie SABIO from June 2011

...
More to the point - think we should apologise to the OP for derailing his thread (could swear I had Finnish blood or something!!)
But at least you've started a lively and interesting conversation

Thanks for the article. Interesting the link with intermissa, and the Alice quote.

Sorry Beezoom.

 

[Beezoom]

All fine and well. Just prooved my point. Interesting and helpfull.[emoji23] .But at this stage we only work with honey bees.

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[Madge]

... .But at this stage we only work with honey bees.

True. As the Gnat said (I'm referring to the Alice quote in the article Jenkins pointed out):

“What’s the use of their having names?”

Enjoy your beekeeping.
Kitta

 

[Madge]

...
I think I prefer scutellata. Adandsonii reminds me of 'Adoons' - and that is a baboon's name.

In case you were a bit baffled, Jenkins, here's the evidence:

Adoons: scutellata:

Kitta