honey bee), Apis cerana, and Apis florea. Apis dorsata belongs to the subgenus Megapis. There are a few hypotheses as to when Apis dorsata diverged from...

0 cm (1.2 in) in length. Before 1980, Apis laboriosa was considered to be a subspecies of the widespread Apis dorsata, the giant honey bee, but in 1980 and...

Apis lithohermaea, also known as giant honey bee (not to be confused with Extant Apis dorsata common name) is an extinct species of honey bee in the dorsata...

that Apis koschevnikovi uses are shared with Apis dorsata. However, in contrast to normal feeding behavior, Apis koschevnikovi and Apis dorsata fight...

other species are Apis florea, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera (the European bee). A recent paper describing the discovery of Apis karinjodian, a species...

species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi and both are in the same subgenus as the western (European) honey bee, Apis mellifera. A. cerana is known...

recognized: Apis andreniformis (the black dwarf honey bee); Apis cerana (the eastern honey bee); Apis dorsata (the giant honey bee); Apis florea (the...

highest documented for honeybees, aside from Apis dorsata, Apis laboriosa, and Apis cerana nuluensis, the only Apis species that do not have documented paternity...

wider distribution than its sister species, Apis andreniformis. First identified in the late 18th century, Apis florea is unique for its morphology, foraging...

"Comparative nestmate recognition in Asian honey bees, Apis florea, Apis andreniformis, Apis dorsata, and Apis cerana" (PDF). Apidologie. 38 (5): 411–418. doi:10...

in India; Apis dorsata (Rock bee), the Himalayan species, Apis laboriosa), Apis cerana indica (Indian hive bee), Apis florea (dwarf bee), Apis mellifera...

disruption of visual patterns, similar to the behavior of Apis cerana nuluensis and Apis dorsata, but instead has been shown, in conjunction with rocking...

site. For cavity-nesting honey bees, like the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) or Apis nigrocincta, flowers that are located directly in line with the...

Colonies of some bee species have also exhibited budding behavior, such as Apis dorsata. Although budding behavior is rare in this bee species, it has been observed...

oratoria (rice ear bug) Nezara viridula (green stinkbug) Pomponia merula Apis dorsata Apis cerana Ropalidia spp. Provespa anomala Vespa spp. Vespa tropica Vespa...

trees above a height of 18 m (59 ft) are used by the giant honey bees (Apis dorsata) for building nests, including the species Tetrameles nudiflora, Indian...

and Pakistan. Their primary hosts are the larva of Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa, although after Apis mellifera was imported to Asia, they were found to...

(BQCV) is a virus that infects honey bees, specifically Apis mellifera, Apis florea, and Apis dorsata. Infection of the latter two species is more recent...

of the mangrove flowers are full of nectar. This attracts rock bees (Apis dorsata) to visit Sundarbans in the month of Magh (January–February), spend their...

from Apis mellifera, there are six other species in the genus Apis. These are Apis andreniformis, Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis koschevnikovi...

them from sun bears, making them in turn attractive to giant honey bees Apis dorsata which hang their huge combs from the branches. The bees also protect...

major physical barrier that limits gene flow in the honeybees Apis cerana and Apis dorsata and the stingless bees Trigona collina and Trigona pagdeni. The...

kilometre or more from the original hive, though some species, e.g., Apis dorsata, may establish new colonies within as little as 500 meters from the natal...

Diptera, Lucilia spp. are abundant, and among the Hymenoptera, honey bees (Apis dorsata and A. cerana) and the stingless bee genus Trigona are the major visitors...

During the major flowering season, 394 nests of the giant honey bee (Apis dorsata) were detected in the park between January and June 2007; bee colonies...

Shimmering behaviour of Apis dorsata (giant honeybees)...

a robust structure. Honeycomb The lower part of the natural comb of Apis dorsata has a number of unoccupied cells "Artificial honeycomb" foundation plate...

which there are four species, are native to Apis dorsata, Apis laboriosa, and Apis breviligula, but spread to Apis mellifera after they were introduced to...

(Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis) towards migratory Giant Honeybee (Apis dorsata dorsata) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Java Island, Indonesia". Treubia. 47 (2):...

of Caucasian (Georgian) Apis mellifera caucasia honey bees to the United States. During his research of big bees (Apis dorsata) in India he contracted...