Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata

Description

Apis dorsata has large body. The bee workers have corbiculum (pollen basket) located on the hind tibia, hairy body to collect pollen, and a ovipositor that modified to a sting. The males (drones) characterized by larger eye, no sting, short, and rounded abdomen. The queen is darker and has bigger abdomen than worker because the reproductive organs are more developed.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

17-20 mm

Ar

Arboreal

Pa

Pack

Po

Polygynandry

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Hymenoptera

FAMILY

:

Apidae

GENUS

:

Apis

SPECIES

:

Apis dorsata

Distribution

Apis dorsata could be found on the forest or cliff at the elevation not above 2000 m above sea levels.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : China, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines.

Habits and Lifestyle

Apis dorsata live in colony, defensive and aggressive when threatened. They build open nests that hang from under thick tree branches or under cliffs, large comb 150 cm in length and 70 cm tall.

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

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

Diet : Nectivore

Mating Habits

The queen of Apis dorsata colony fly away from the nest and mate with some drones on the wings, called nuptial flight that occur around dusk and last for 13 minutes on average.

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

Population threats​

Birds

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/BEES/Apis_dorsata.htm
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_dorsata
  3. http://idtools.org/id/bees/exotic/factsheet.php?name=16740