Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea) Author Else, George R. Author Bolton, Barry Author Broad, Gavin R. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8050 8050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050 1314-2828--8050 Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 mellifica Linnaeus, 1761 Distribution England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man Notes There have been various subspecies names proposed for honey bees, with the supposedly native north west European population being A. mellifera mellifera . See Engel (1999) for a full taxonomy of Apis mellifera .