Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata Fabricius 1793

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Apis dorsata (Giant Honey Bee) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family Apidae. They visit flowers of sweet basil, sulphur cosmos, Canadian elder, and stickpea.

EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Merops orientalis orientalis Latham 1801
host of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002453
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Lactobacillus vermiforme
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer 1841)
cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Sambucus canadensis L. (Canadian elder)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Borneo
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1648148
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Albizia saman (Jacq.) Merr. (Rain tree)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Apis dorsata Fabricius 1793 (Giant honey bee)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth (Yellow bells)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Giant honey bee. View this species on GBIF

2015 Simon J. Tonge cc-by-3.0

Giant honey bee includes 3 children: