The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 different species of honey bees worldwide. It is commercially important as a pollinator of crops and a producer of honey. The geographic origin of the western honey bee has been hotly debated over decades. Some believing in an African origin, while others think it first evolved in Asia.  In new research, led by scientists from York University the genomes of 251 honey bees, from 18 different subspecies, collected in their native ranges, have been sequenced...