Asian Honey Bee

Apis cerana

Description

Apis cerana is small, has long hair that cover the compound eye, black in color with 4 yellow stripes on the abdomen. The workers have press pollen on the hind leg to transport pollen, they also have sting. The males characterized by larger eye, no sting, and blatant abdomen shape. The queen is bigger than worker due to enlarge reproductive organ.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

10-11 mm

Ar

Arboreal

Pa

Pack

Po

Polygynandry

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Hymenoptera

FAMILY

:

Apidae

GENUS

:

Apis

SPECIES

:

Apis cerana

Distribution

Apis cerana could be found at the elevation between 0-1000 m above sea levels.

Geography

Continent : Asia, Australia

Country : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. 

Habits and Lifestyle

Apis cerana live in colony and making nest consist of several multiple cavities containing a small entrance.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

The diet of Apis cerana are pollen, nectar, or honey.

Diet : Nectivore

Mating Habits

The queen of Apis cerana colony mate with 10 or more males, which later the males died after mating.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. https://ejournal.unib.ac.id/index.php/jspi/article/view/395
  2. https://protan.faperta.unej.ac.id/apis-cerana-indica-sang-lebah-madu-idaman/
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_cerana