Lamarck's honeybee or the Egyptian honeybee is a subspecies of honeybee native to the Nile valley of Egypt and Sudan, named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It is considered defensive, low in honey yield and exhibiting good hygienic behavior. It is a dark honeybee with yellow abdomen, which is a small subspecies like the races South of the Sahara. The Lamarck's mitotype can also be identified in honeybees from California.

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Apis mellifera lamarckii