Apis cerana
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 consists mostly of pollen and nectar, or honey. Moreover, Apis cerana is known for its highly social behavior, reflective of its classification as a type of honey bee.
The terms Apis cerana indica and Apis Indica or Indian honey bee, is a historic term, with all Asian hive bees now referred to as Apis cerana. Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius described Apis cerana, also known as the eastern or Asian honey bee, in 1793. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee". The eastern honey bee is of the Apidae family, one of the most diverse families... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 4 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 9 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiuying District | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 2 | Nanchang | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Zhuhai [Macau] | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Guiyang | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Jammu | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Zhengzhou | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Hanoi | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Kunming | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Honey Bee sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 125 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Honey Bee in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and July–November, the lowest months. Those are among Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Honey Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Asian Honey Bee sightings, Cat Tien National Park ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Taroko National Park (Taiwan, about 30%), Kerinci Seblat National Park (Indonesia, about 30%) and Cuc Phuong National Park (Vietnam, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Honey Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Cat Tien National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
