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*The ''A. m. mellifera'' bees are a little bigger and darker, and have longer hairs on their body.  Additionally, they don´t have any yellow stripes on the abdomen.
*The ''A. m. mellifera'' bees are a little bigger and darker, and have longer hairs on their body.  Additionally, they don´t have any yellow stripes on the abdomen.
*The queen usually goes to a newly supplied wax comb.  
*The queen usually goes to a newly supplied wax comb.  
*The colony can be sensitive to chalk brood disease in spring and early summer. The normal temperature of sealed brood is +34 ℃. Disease spores are activated if the sealed brood’s temperature goes down to +27 ℃. There can be more than four pupae for one worker bee  to warm up in early summer. As a result, the brood area should not be opened until the temperature is at +17 ℃ in order to avoid a temperature drop in the sealed brood area and thereby inducing the chalk brood disease.
*The colony can be sensitive to chalk brood [[Infectious disease and parasites | disease]] in spring and early summer. The normal temperature of sealed brood is +34℃. Disease spores are activated if the sealed brood’s temperature goes down to +27 ℃. There can be more than four pupae for one worker bee  to warm up in early summer. As a result, the brood area should not be opened until the temperature is at +17℃ in order to avoid a temperature drop in the sealed brood area and thereby inducing the chalk brood disease.
*Compared to other subspecies, Nordic bees usually have fewer worker bees in spring, but they still collect the same amount of honey.
*Compared to other subspecies, Nordic bees usually have fewer worker bees in [[Winter to Spring|spring]], but they still collect the same amount of honey.
*Nordic bees fly and collect pollen and nectar in lower temperatures in comparison to other bees.  
*Nordic bees fly and collect pollen and nectar in lower temperatures in comparison to other bees.  
*Pure Nordic bees can be very tame, but when cross-bred with other subspecies, they become aggressive and challenging to manage in later generations.
*Pure Nordic bees can be very tame, but when cross-bred with other subspecies, they become aggressive and challenging to manage in later generations.
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