What does an Asian honey bee look like?
The European honey bee is the
only honey bee (genius: Apis) of
eight that is not native to Asia. It is common to see the European honey bee
foraging in your own back garden. The Asian honey bee is hard to distinguish
from the European honey bee and some native Australian bees. To easily identify
the Asian honey bee either as an individual foraging bee, a swarm of bees or
the nest, simply follow one of the following links below to the
appropriate identification guide.
The taxonomic ranking which classifies honey bees from other species is presented below:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Atelocerata
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Atelocerata
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae