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Bees, ants and wasps
Apis cerana
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
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