 The order is a targeted measure to protect an important population of black bees on Colonsay from hybridisation with "non-native" bees" (the "non-native species legislation" was used because "Apis mellifera" are considered to be "non-native" to Colonsay, but considered "native" to Scotland as it was the "first" honey bee to be introduced for use in "beekeeping" there) The bees on Colonsay are now referred to as the "Colonsay Dark "Native" Bee".They were collected from across Scotland in the previous thirty years, genetic analysis has shown Australian and New Zealand "A. m. ligustica" introgression.Colonsay's name derives from Old Norse and means "Kolbein's island" (although Haswell-Smith offers "Columba's island").