Hydroponics: Definition | Types | Advantage | Disadvantage

There are five important species of honey bees are following__

1.  Apis dorsata

2. Apis cerana indica

3. Apis Florea

4. Apis mellifera

5 . Apis irridipennis 

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Apis dorsata. -

                            Apis dorsata

✓ they are also called rock Bee

✓. They construct single comb in open ( about 6 feet long and 3 feet deep)

✓ they shift the place of the colony often

✓they produce about 36 kg honey per comb per year

✓ these bee are largest among them all bee

Apis cerana indica ---

                        Apis cerana indica

✓ these bee also called Indian / Asian bee.

✓they make multiple parallel comb on tree and cavities in darkness

✓these bees are larger than apis  florae but smaller than apis mellifera

✓they produce about 5 kg of honey per year per hive

Apis Florea --

                             Apis Florea

 ✓ They are also called the little bee apidae

✓ they also construct comb in open of the size palm in branch of the bushes

✓ they produce about half kg honey per year per hive

✓ they are not rearable as they frequently change their place

✓ the size of the Bee is smallest among species of bee

Apis mellifera --

                            Apis mellifera

✓ they are also called Italian bee or European bee

✓they also make multiple parallel comb in cavities in darkness

✓ they are larger than Indian bee but smaller than rock bee

✓ they produce about 35 kg Honey per year per hive

Melipona irridipennis--

                    Melipona irridipennis

✓ This bee have no string  so they are also called stringless bee