Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan (the Xinyuan honey bee) was first discovered in 2016 in
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, this subspecies has a range that is the farthest east known for the species of Apis mellifera (honey bees).[2]
References
^"Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 4 January 2023.