Central Russian bees (A. m. mellifera) have been historically developed in natural biological communities on the Kama Cis-Ural
territory. This finding was recorded by Mikhailov (1927) and Alpatov (1948). According to studies conducted by researchers in the
Zoology Department of Perm Pedagogical University, Central Russian bees overwhelmingly dominated the Perm Territory previously.
However, from the 1950s onwards, agricultural workers have been importing the queens and bee packages of southern races that
were not adapted to the harsh conditions of the north area. The importation of these southern bees with the purpose of increasing
productivity resulted if the emergence of hybrids of unknown origin. By the 1980s, cross-breeding of bees had reached 40% in