The Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri, is a sub-species of the Western honey bee. It originates from Malta where it is native.
Read more about Maltese Honey Bee: Origin, Character and Behavior, History of Species
Famous quotes containing the words maltese, honey and/or bee:
“Well, Wilmer, I’m sorry indeed to lose you. But I want you to know I couldn’t be fonder of you if you were my own son. Well, if you lose a son it’s possible to get another. There’s only one Maltese falcon.”
—John Huston (1906–1987)
“Y’know the trouble with us is, we’ve both got the same disease—money, and happy ways of spending it.”
—Mark Hanna, and Nathan Hertz. Honey Parker (Yvette Vickers)
“Like the bee that now is blown,
Honey-heavy on my hand,
From his toppling tansy-throne
In the green tempestuous land—”
—Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)