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 > [log in to unmask] > 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