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Apis cerana

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Apis cerana

Apis cerana (also recorded as Asian Honey Bee) is an accepted species in the family Apidae, within the order Hymenoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Australia, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), and Southern Asia. Bees, ants and wasps belong to Hymenoptera, a varied order that includes pollinators, predators, parasitoids and social colony-forming species.

Common name
Asian Honey Bee
Family
Apidae
Order
Hymenoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Australia, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Southern Asia

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy