Himalayan giant honey bee
PiztgadasThe Himalayan giant honey bee is the largest honey bee in the world. It lives in the mountains of the Himalayas, where it builds huge nests on steep cliff faces. It is special because it is highly adapted to life at high altitude.1

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- It is the largest honey bee in the world, with single adults measuring up to 3.0 cm long.1
- It has a darker abdomen (rear body section) than the giant honey bee, Apis dorsata.1
- It has longer hair on the thorax (middle body section) than Apis dorsata.1
- It builds very large nests on the underside of cliff overhangs at high altitude.1
Savens confundì cun: It is often confused with the giant honey bee, Apis dorsata, which it is very similar to in shape. The Himalayan giant honey bee has a darker abdomen, longer thoracic hair, and different nest-keeping and swarming behaviour.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: GravIna piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.
Sch'el piztga
- Sgratta ora l'aguigl d'avieul e sfradenta il lieu.
- Sche la persuna ha difficultads da respirar, unfladiras da la fatscha u da la gula, u sch'ella sa senta sco da svanir, è quai ina urgenza allergica: clama tes numer d'urgenza e duvra sia penna d'adrenalina, sch'ella ha ina.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri
pudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 11 secundasQuant grond è Himalayan giant honey bee cumpareglià cun TAI?
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Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
Red honey has an intoxicating effect, which is linked to grayanotoxin in nectar from white rhododendrons.1
The Gurung people of Nepal are known for using this mad honey for both medicinal and hallucinogenic purposes.1
A nest of this bee can hold as much as 60 kg of honey.1
Red honey made by this bee is valuable, and wholesale prices are about five times higher than regular honey from the western honey bee or the Asian honey bee.1
The yellow-rumped honeyguide, a small sparrow-like bird, feeds on beeswax and is often seen near colonies of this bee.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Apis laboriosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Apis laboriosa (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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