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Cerana🪲

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SpeciesHymenopteraApidae
Arthropods

🪲Apis cerana

Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793

La abeja melífera asiática o abeja melífera oriental (Apis cerana) es una especie de himenóptero apócrito de la familia Apidae. Es una abeja melífera propia del sudeste asiático: China, India, Japón, Malasia, Nepal, Bangladés, Papúa Nueva Guinea, e Indonesia la otra mitad de la Isla Nueva Guinea Esta especie tiene un tamaño menor o similar al de la abeja europea, Está siendo desplazada gradualmente por Apis mellifera porque las colonias son menos productivas medidas en kilogramos de miel, lo cual la hace menos atractiva para los apicultores. Apis cerana tiene como ectoparásito natural al ácaro Varroa jacobsoni, el cual al pasar a la abeja europea (Apis mellifera), está causando serios daños económicos en la apicultura a nivel mundial. En Apis cerana este ácaro no produce daño en virtud del ciclo biológico de la abeja asiática y por el comportamiento de quitarse las varroas en vuelo.

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Asian honey bee
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHymenoptera
  5. ›familyApidae
  6. ›genusApis
  7. ›speciesApis cerana
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. subclassPterygota
  3. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  4. superfamilyApoidea
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  7. superfamilyApoidea
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재래꿀벌 (ko), 東方蜜蜂 (zh), Китайская восковая пчела (ru), Abeille asiatique (fr), Aziatische honingbij (nl), Apis cerana (vi) … and 17 more languages
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