On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Dan Mihalyfi wrote:
 
> I have a question for the entomologists...
>
> In the Earth Almanac department of the April, 1996 National
> Geographic, there is a blurb about bees in Japan that use heat defense
> against giant hornats. I've also read of these bees in other bee
> literature
>
> My question is...
>
> Are these bees a race of Apis millifera or a member of one of the
> other four species of honey bee?
>
> I can't find any clues in the Hive And The Honey Bee.
> >From the picture in the article, they sure look like honey bees.
>
with the understanding that im not an entomologist, i believe those bees
are Apis cerena...but i will leave it to the experts..:)
 
                          Ian Watson
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