giant honeybee
insect
Also known as: Apis dorsata
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honeybee species
- In honeybee: Apis species
dorsata, the giant honeybee, also occurs in southeastern Asia and sometimes builds combs nearly three metres (more than nine feet) in diameter. A. cerana, the Eastern honeybee, is native to southern and southeastern Asia, where it has become domesticated in some areas. It is very closely related…
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