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European dark bee, a Common card
The Apis mellifera mellifera is a subspecies of the western honey bee, evolving in central Asia, with a proposed origin of the Tien Shan Mountains and later migrating into eastern and then northern Europe after the last ice age from 9,000BC onwards.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
European dark bee quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the European dark bee card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are one of the two members of the 'M' lineage of Apis ______, the other being in western China.
Answer
mellifera. They are one of the two members of the 'M' lineage of Apis mellifera, the other being in western China. From the European dark bee article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Cuban rumba. Cuban rumba 23,000 · European dark bee 14,000 · Eukaryotic transcription 11,000 · Microbial oxidation of sulfur 6,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Its original range included the southern Urals in Russia and stretched through northern Europe and down to the Pyrenees.
- They are one of the two members of the 'M' lineage of Apis mellifera, the other being in western China.
- Traditionally they were called the Black German Bee, although they are now considered endangered in Germany.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The European dark bee article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get European dark bee
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Text : Wikipedia, European dark bee (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
