Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae > Apis > Apis floreaApis florea (dwarf honey bee)Synonyms: Apis floralis (heterotypic); Apis florea nasicana; Apis florea rufiventris; Apis lobata; Apis nursei; Apis semirufa; Apis testacea (heterotypic); Micrapis florea The dwarf honey bee (or red dwarf honey bee), Apis florea, is one of two species of small, wild honey bees of southern and southeastern Asia. It has a much wider distribution than its sister species, Apis andreniformis. First identified in the late 18th century, Apis florea is unique for its morphology, foraging behavior and defensive mechanisms like making a piping noise. Apis florea have open nests and small colonies, which makes them more susceptible to predation than cavity nesters with large numbers of defensive workers. These honey bees are important pollinators and therefore commodified in countries like Cambodia. |
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Al Wathba Wetland Reserve |
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 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 ♦ 3Predator-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) |
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
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