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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, beneath a tree branch, or human made structures - Apis dorsata is commonly seen in urban and peri-urban areas nesting on office buildings, under bridges and water towers. (Whether such nesting on buildings reflects a lack of natural nesting sites is unknown.) A great variety of methods have been developed by human societies for their exploitation.
Colonies of these open nesting species aggregate, for example it is possible to find more than 100 colonies of Apis dorsata nesting from the branches of a single tree. It has been shown that Apis dorsata colonies return annually to the same trees following their migrations, with the same colonies returning to the same sites. Other species of open nesting Apis have been shown also to nest in aggregations, for example Apis florea, and Apis laboriosa.
People obtain honey crops from this species by plundering their colonies, and this activity is known as honey hunting. Throughout Asia, from Gurung tribesmen in the Himalayas, to mangrove-dwellers in the Sunderbans of Bangladesh, the rain-forest people in Malaysia, people living in the river deltas of southern Vietnam, and indeed, wherever the giant honeybee is present, honey hunters have their own customs for exploiting these bees.
List of Articles available on this topic (55):
Title | Author |
A Comparative Study of Esterase Isozymes in 6 Species of Apis and 9 genera of Apoidea | Shao-Wen L., Yu-Pin, M., Chang J. T., Ju-Huai L., Shao-Yu H., Bang-Yu K |
A letter from our old friend A. Bunker | Bunker, A. |
A mite of the Giant honey bee that infests our bee (Apis mellifera) | Mangum, W.A. |
AAA Conference in Vietnam | Bees for Development |
Activity and abundance of pollinators of plum at Ludhiana (Punjab) | Mann, G.S.; Singh, G. |
Apiculture in Bangladesh - management and extension | Dewan, S.M.A.L. |
Apis dorsata F - the manageable bee | Mahindre, D. B. |
Apis dorsata in the Philippines | Laigo, F.M. & Morse, R.A. |
Assessing the role of honey bees in a field of Asiatic cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.) | Tanda, A.S. |
Balken-Imkerei in Kambodscha | Waring, C. Jump, D. |
Beekeeping Development with Apis mellifera in the Philippines | Wendorf, H. |
Beekeeping in Vietnam | Mulder, V. |
Beekeeping potentials of bangladesh. I. Studies on the important honey and pollen sources of northern Chittagong region | Hossain, A.B.M.E.; Sharif, M. |
Bees, Biodiversity & Forest livelihoods in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve | Bees for Development |
Behaviour of insects foraging on pigeon pea in India | Williams, I.H. |
Common herbs, justica simplex and oldenlandia umbellate, nectar sources for Apis Florea F | Varadhrajan, M., Thiyagesan, K., Selvakumar, R., Srinivas, G. |
Control of mites in European bees in Burma | Nyein, M.M.; Zmarlicki, C. |
Decouverte de l\'abeille Apis dorsata (l\'abeille geante) a Siem Reap (Cambodge) | SEPHANE,D.; GUIBAULD,S. |
Defence Strategies of Giant Honeybees | Kastberger, G |
Developments in the management of Apis dorsata colonies | Mahindre, D.B. |
Eco-friendly harvesting of rock bees (sustainable Apis dorsata honey hunting) | Paliwal, G.N.; Paliwal, S. & Tembhare, D.B. |
Effect of insect pollination on fruit bearing mandarin and physical and chemical properties of the fruit | Manzoor-ul-Haq; Rafie-ul-Din, M.; Ghaffar, A. |
Flying predators of the giant honey bees; Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa in Nepal | Thapa, R., Wongsiri, S. |
Flying predators of the Giant honey bees; Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa in Nepal | Thapa, R. and Wongsiri, S. |
Frequency of insect visitors for pollen foraging on sunflower in relation to daily temperature and humidity | Vaish, O.P.; Agrawal, S.C. & Joshi, M.J. |
Honey bee biology - back to India (part 1): The quest for drones of the giant honey bee | Mangum, W.A. |
Honey bee biology : encounters with the giant honey bee: Apis dorsata - part III | Mangum, W.A. |
Honey bee biology: encounters with the giant honey bee: Apis dorsata - part 1 | Mangum, W.A. |
Honey hunting in the Nilgiri biosphere reserve | Sharma, K. |
Honeyhunting in Bangladesh | Svensson, B. |
How one hundred people spent the night under a bee tree | Bees for Development |
IBRA Appendix Bee Species foraging at experimental sites | IBRA |
Improved pollination of insect pollinated crops in Bhutan | |
Management of Philippine Bees | Cervancia C.R: Fajardo A.C; Manila-Fajardo A.C; Lucero R.M. |
Marketing Honey and Beeswax from Apis dorsata in West Kalimantan | Mulder, V.; Heri, V.; Wickham, T. |
Notes on Apis dorsata and Tropilarlaps clarae in Burma | Maung Maung Nyein |
Please do not steal our honey! | Ahmad, F.; Joshi, S.R.; Gurung, M.B & Partap, U. |
Rafter beekeeping in Borneo | Petersen,S. |
Rafter Beekeeping with Apis dorsata in Submerged Melaleuca Forest in Uminh, Vietnam | Anonymous |
Raftering: A traditional technique for honey an wax production from Apis dorsata in Vietnam | Chinh,P.H. Minh, N.H. Thai, P.H. and Tan, N.Q. |
Socio-economic factors in traditional rafter beekeeping with Apis dorsata in Vietnam | Tan, N.Q. and Ha, D.T. |
Some Observations on Beekeeping Management with Apis dorsata in S.Sumatra, Indonesia | Purwanto, D.B. |
Stalking the giant Asian honey bee in Cambodia | Stockwell,T.M. |
Studies of the asian giant honey bee, Apis dorsata fabricus (Apidae) in the submerged Melaleuca forest of Vietnam: biology, behaviour, ecology and apiculture | Tan, N. Q. |
Study on Traditional method of keeping Indian honey bees in Burma and keeping with modern method | Maung Maung Nyein |
The Bee Tree of Sahyadri | Basavarajappa,S |
The King and the honey hunters | Mardan, M |
The mysterious colour of Apis dorsata workers | Woyke, J., Wilde, J., Wilde, M. |
Threats to Malaysia\'s bee trees | Bees for Development |
Tingku - A traditional management technique for Apis dorsata binghami in Indonesia | Hadisoesilo, S. |
Tingku - a traditional management technique for Apis dorsata in Indonesia | Hadisoesilo, S |
Traditional honey & wax collection from Apis dorsata in West Kalimantan | Mulder, V. Heri, V. and Wickham, T. |
Tropical Beekeeping in Cambodia | Yoshikawa, K. and Ohgushi, R. |
Tropilaelaps: an exotic threat to UK honey bees | Marris,G.; Brown,M.; Wilkins,S.; Cuthbertson,A.G.S.; Eyre,D. |
Where in the world is Nagaland? (And do they keep bees there?) | Petersen,.S. |