Apis mellifera adami

Apis mellifera adami (often misspelled "adamii") is a western honey bee subspecies from the Mediterranean area, endemic to Crete.
Taxonomy.
A subspecies of "Apis mellifera" (the western honey bee),
is the Cretan bee as classified by Ruttner 1975 and named by him after Brother Adam.
The population on Crete has a similar genotype to Grecian populations, but Cretan bees are a more mixed population due to breeding and beekeeping practices ("no pure populations" on the island) (Harizanis & Odos).
Beekeeping.
Western Cretan beehives are constructed of terracotta, wood and wicker. On the east of the island the hives are always ceramic. (Baumann 1993: 166).
References.
Friedrich Ruttner (1975). Die Kretische Biene, Apis mellifica adami [The Cretan bee]. Deutsche Allgemeine Imkerzeitung, 9 (10), pp. 271–272.