Apis mellifera cypria

Apis mellifera cypria (Cyprus honey bee) is a subspecies of the Western honey bee. Its primary habitat is the Mediterranean.
Behaviour.
This bee tends not to swarm.
In a 2008 study, the growth rate of colonies was observed to be lowest during the hottest month, while the most growth occurred during a month with temperature closer to the yearly average (or slightly above).
Defense.
Papachristoforou "et al" found that in the presence of the predatory oriental hornet ("Vespa orientalis") the bees initially generate an acoustic response, further reacting to eliminate the insect by .
Taxonomy.
A genetically separate group from the Greek bee sub-species, "Macedonica" and "Cecropia", is (mtD.N.A) related to "A.m.Anatoliaca" and "meda". (Kandemir "et al." 2005).
Morphometric analysis shows that the sub-species belongs to the Oriental branch of the genus "Apis".