Arthropods
🪲Apis dorsata
Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793
巨型蜜蜂（學名：Apis dorsata），又稱大蜜蜂，是一種分布在南亞及東南亞的大型蜜蜂，廣泛分布在森林及特萊平原。成蟲通常約17~20公釐（0.7～0.8英寸）長。巨型蜜蜂主要在離地面很高無遮蔽的地方築巢，如樹枝、懸垂處，有時會在建築物裡。本種蜜蜂性情凶猛，當遭到敵人進攻時會持續不斷地攻擊直到敵人被擊退。本種雖然沒有被馴化，當地居民會用本種蜜蜂去採集蜂蜜及蜂蠟。
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Giant honey bee
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyApidae
- ›genusApis
- ›speciesApis dorsata
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- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyApoidea
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyApoidea
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巨型蜜蜂 (zh), Pszczoła olbrzymia (pl), Apis dorsata (fr), Apis dorsata (es), óriás méh (hu), Apis dorsata (it) … and 19 more languages
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