BURZYAN WILD-HIVE HONEYBEE <i>A.M.MELLIFERA</i> IN SOUTH URAL
A spontaneous hybridization among honeybees in most European countries has led to the loss in the gene pool of the dark European honeybee. We believe Russia still has a considerable array of purebred populations of European dark bees A. m. mellifera. The commonest bee, the Burzyan Honey Bee, live under protection in the mountain forest zone of South Ural in the State Nature Biosphere Reserve «Shulgan-Tash», regional nature reserve «Altyn Solok» and National Park «Bashkortostan». These Wild Tree Hollow Honeybees are of great interest among beekeepers and scientists around the world, as they could be used to make a reconstruction of the natural history of bees.