Eastern honeybee

cerana, the Eastern honeybee, is native to southern and southeastern Asia, where it has become domesticated in some areas. It is very closely related to A. koschevnikovi, or Koschevnikov’s bee, which is found only on Borneo and several other islands in Southeast Asia and on the Malay…

…coevolved with the predators, the Eastern honeybees (Apis cerana) of Asia can defend themselves against northern giant hornets. If a hornet worker enters their hive, they surround it until it is at the center of a ball of bees, at which point the bees buzz and flap their wings to…