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title: "Asian Honey Bee"
description: "Apis cerana — Insetos e aranhas. Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/asian-honey-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Honey Bee

> Apis cerana — Insetos e aranhas. Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Apis cerana*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 26233
- Wikidata: [Q306939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306939)
- iNaturalist taxon: [338194](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338194)

## Names

- en: Asian Honey Bee
- de: Östliche Honigbiene
- es: Abeja melífera asiatica
- fr: Abeille asiatique
- nl: Aziatische honingbij
- pl: Pszczoła wschodnia

## Countries with the most observations

HK (4069), IN (3842), TW (3835), CN (3743), SG (2485), TH (1492), MY (965), ID (935), JP (732), MO (704), VN (386), KR (254)

## Summary

Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia. This species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi and both are in the same subgenus as the western (European) honey bee, Apis mellifera. A. cerana is known to live sympatrically along with Apis koschevnikovi within the same geographic location. Apis cerana colonies are known for building nests consisting of multiple combs in cavities containing a small entrance, presumably for defense against invasion by individuals of another nest. The diet of this honey bee species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_cerana

## Photo

![Asian Honey Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-honey-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: MadMagpie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268195733

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-honey-bee?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).