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All honey bees are classified into the genus Apis and the family Apidae. There are four accepted groupings of honeybee species each morphologically distinct. Each of the Asian species groups…

…accepted groupings of honeybee species with three of these species groups further subdivided into additional species. Further, within the species groupings of the honey bees, separate subspecies or races are…

…many species of bees collect nectar that they convert to honey and store as a food source, it is only these large colonies formed by social species that store appreciable…

…several other cavity nesting species of Apis known today. The open nesting species gave rise to the several types of open nesting species existing today. Thus, Asia has a diversity…

…materials for beehive production as well as providing people with a useful or valuable crop. As well as natural species some important commercial species such as avocado, carambola, cashew, macadamia,…

For at least 7,000 years human societies have been harvesting honey from bee colonies. Many species of social bee are used in both honey hunting and apiculture. Intermediate forms of…

…techniques using movable comb and frame hives. Other cavity nesting honey bee species, such as Apis cerana can also be kept in hives. In Asia, there are other species of…

…threaten other species of honey bees and stingless bees, potentially reducing indigenous pollinators. It is possible that the introduction of Apis mellifera will cause local extinctions of Apis cerana. Where…

These species include the so-called giant honey bees (Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa) that build a large, single comb in the open. This may be suspended down from a cliff,…

…of food between bees or when young bees clean up faecal material on contaminated combs. There are two described species of this parasite which affect honey bees, Nosema apis and…

Varroa mites (eg Varroa destructor and Varroa jacobsoni) are external parasites of honey bees. They can be seen with the naked eye. There are different species and a number of…

…some parts of the world indigenous bee species are threatened by the importation of alien species which compete for food and dilute their genetic integrity. North Western Bee Products is…

…veins, tongue and hair lengths, or on genetic analysis which is rapidly increasing our understanding of the relationships between various species and races of honey bees. The great range of…

…essential for evolution and long term species species survival. Some of the problems arising in the United States with CCD are thought to be because the honey bee was not…

…and there are around 300 species. They live in perennial colonies ranging from a few dozen individuals to many thousands. Their social organisation, division of labour between workers and some…

…separate species. Other honey bee species in Asia showing behaviour similar to Apis cerana are Apis koschevnikovi, Apis nigrocincta and Apis nuluensis. These gentle species of bees have long been…