* This honeybee is named after the district of Carniola, in what is now western Slovenia. Originally, this bee could be found only throughout the Balkan Peninsula and as far north as the Carpathian Mountains.
Savu nosaukumu šīs medusbites, kuru raksturīga pazīme ir gaišpelēku matiņu gredzeni uz vēdera, ir ieguvušas no Krajinas (Krainas), vēsturiska novada tagadējās Slovēnijas rietumos.