Apis cerana
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 30% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Honey Bee sighting in Chengdu on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 26 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Honey Bee in Chengdu on a given day, against under 5% in September–October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Chengdu's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in August.
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.
17th of 74
Of the 74 cities where we can rate Asian Honey Bee sightings, Chengdu ranks 17th at about 30%. The best odds are in Xiuying District (China, about 60%), Nanchang (China, about 50%) and Zhuhai [Macau] (China, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Honey Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Chengdu (28 verified sightings), 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.
