Honey bee Apis dorsata in local language called wasp gung (Java), odeng (Sunda), honey beehive (Palembang). In Indonesian called forest bee or giant bee. The dense rainforest bees as wild honeybees. Until now there has never been successfully bred in stup. Honey and wax they produce the best product. Honey, more watery than regular honey bees.If disturbed, the bees will attack the enemy in berkawanan. Wild and fierce nature.Worker bees body length was 1.9 cm.The bees make a great home that consists of a collection of nests. The colony consists of a nest strokes are very large in size. Nest shape is very unique because it is not a strokes-strokes but a unity that was built dialam open. Nest was also protected from rain and hot sun. Inhabitants of a colony of bees that get millions of tail number. The
nest is built on a branch or branched-large tree branch, like a
deflated, jelutung, pudak water, or on the walls of the cliff. Upper nest is used to store honey. About 10 cm thick. The bottom of the nest used to incubate eggs. About 4 cm thick.In areas with many available feed bees (nectar and pollen), the tree can be populated forest bee colonies 5-10. The amount of built nests can reach 1 m2.Giant bee honey bee Apis dorsata is the most productive. One comb nests can save as much as 10-20 kg of honey. If large colonies, the result can be up to 30 kg of honey per hive. This is also the type of bees beeswax highest producer. Production reached 3-4 kg per colony. The collection can take place twice a year.Apis dorsata are spread in Asia. In Indonesia, spread almost all over the archipelago, except in Exposure Sahul. The amount is estimated to be about 30,000 colonies. In Sulawesi, there are subspecies Apis dorsata binghami. The most famous is a good outcome honey derived from Sumbawa, followed by that of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, and Java.
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