At 04:59 PM 7/23/96 -0400, you wrote:
> 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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I am not an entomologist either, however I have a book.  As per "The Social
Behavior of Bees", Charles D. Michener, I.S.B.N. 674-81175-5, Harvard
University Press, 1974, pg. 348 concerning distribution.  Japan is listed for
A. Cerana.
 
JRT