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| Apis Florea Indica with Queen |
The Asian Honey Bee is relatively less aggressive than the African killer bee. Apis Florea Indica, is its scientific name. The Asian Honey Bee is quite comfortable living close to human beings. They make their hives in buildings and trees. One will often find these bees flitting over sweets in sweet shops in India. Apis Florea is, however, a wild bee species. They make their nests in trees and caves. One of the problems with this Bee is that it is amenable to feeding on sugar. Honey made out of sugar might not be as good as honey made out of nectar.
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| The worker bees can be seen building the cells, and some of them can be seen filling the cells with honey. |
The Queen Bee, as you can see in the first photograph lacks the orange white and black stripes of the workers. It is a dull grey in colour and bigger than the workers.
I believe these photographs are of Apis florea species and not Apis cerana. Apis cerana doesn't have the prominent white stripes and is bigger than Apis florea. Also, Apis cerana nests in cavities while Apis florea nests in the open on tree branches. Please do recheck your sources. Thank you
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed you are right. Making the changes, thanks for being an active reader.
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