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Apis cerana (Asiatic honey bee)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Apis cerana indica, the Indian honeybee or Eastern honeybee, is a subspecies of honey bee. It is one of the predominant bees found and domesticated in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand and mainland Asia. Relatively non-aggressive and rarely exhibiting swarming behavior, it is ideal for beekeeping. It is similar to the European honey bee (Apis mellifera), which tends to be slightly larger and can be readily distinguished. It is one of the important pollinators for coconut palms; the other species are Apis florea, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera (the European bee).
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Infraspecies

Apis cerana cerana
Apis cerana himalayana
Apis cerana skorikovi

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lazovsky Zapovednik Ia 299030 Primorsky Krai, Russia

Prey / Diet

Eriolaena lushingtonii[1]
Jatropha curcas (Barbados nut)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Apis dorsata (giant honey bee)1
Apis florea (dwarf honey bee)2
Ceratina simillima1
Tetragonula iridipennis2
Thrips hawaiiensis (Banana flower thrip)1

Predators

Merops leschenaulti (Chestnut-headed Bee-eater)[3]
Promachus yesonicus[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Raju, A.J.S., K.V. Ramana & P.H. Chandra (2013). Floral ecology and pollination in Eriolaena lushingtonii (Sterculiaceae), an endemic and threatened deciduous tree species of southern peninsular India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(9): 4359–4367
♦ 2Pollination ecology and fruiting behaviour in a monoecious species, Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae), A. J. Solomon Raju and V. Ezradanam, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 83, NO. 11, 10 DECEMBER 2002, pp. 1395-1398
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Kato, M., T. Makutani, T. Inoue, and T. Itino. 1990. Insect-flower relationship in the primary beech forest of Ashu, Kyoto: an overview of the flowering phenology and seasonal pattern of insect visits. Contr. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ. 27:309-375.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0