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Giant honey bee

Apis dorsata

需要看医生很少致命，但被蜇了要去看医生。

蜇伤吃：植物

The giant honey bee is a large honey bee that lives in South and Southeast Asia. It builds its nests in open, high places, such as tree branches, cliff overhangs and buildings. It is known for fierce defence when its nest is disturbed.1

生活在

South and Southeast Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka1

亚洲

首页

Mostly lives in tall trees in dense forests, and also builds nests on urban buildings. Nests are built in the open and well off the ground, on tree limbs, under cliff overhangs and under buildings. These bees rarely build on old or weak buildings.1

长度

1.7 cm到2 cm (0.7 in到0.8 in)1

最高速度

约 26 公里/小时（16 英里/小时）

飞行, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

Foragers travel to flowers to collect food, including nectar and pollen, which the colony uses to make honey. Foragers can travel farther than some related bees, though most stay within 400 metres of the nest.1

Giant honey bee的照片 — Giant honey bee。照片：Peterwchen。 CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

Typically 17 to 20 mm long1
Builds a single vertical comb of wax, hanging from above1
The comb is covered by a dense mass of bees in several layers1
Nests can reach up to 1 metre across and are often grouped, with up to 200 colonies in one tree1
Aggressive when its nest is disturbed1

常被误认为： The Himalayan giant honey bee (A. laboriosa) is very similar in shape. It has a darker abdomen and longer thoracic hair, and is now treated as a separate species from the giant honey bee.1

毒液之力

蜇伤

毒液通过蜇刺出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重被蜇了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

This bee is known for aggressive defensive behaviour and vicious attacks when disturbed. Workers also attack bees from other colonies, so it is wise to keep well away from nests.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, colonies defend their nest aggressively, and they attack intruders from other colonies.1

如果它蜇人

刮掉蜜蜂的蜇针，冷敷患处。
如果这个人呼吸困难、脸或喉咙肿胀，或感觉要晕倒，这是过敏急症：拨打急救电话，如果他们有肾上腺素笔就使用。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它蜇了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

差不多和一个回形针一样长15 秒就能飞过一整个足球场

Giant honey bee和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只家蝇 约 7 公里/小时 (4.4 mph)

Giant honey bee 约 26 公里/小时 (16 mph)

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

值得了解

事实

Unlike most honey bees, this species forages at night, and it is the only bee of its genus known to do so.1

The queen mates with many drones, and the Himalayan subspecies has the highest levels of polyandry of any social insect.1

Each colony can have up to 100,000 bees, and colonies are only a few centimetres apart in large groups.1

Colonies migrate between nesting sites with the seasons, usually staying about 3 to 4 months at each site.1

Bees use a waggle dance to show other bees the distance, direction and value of a food source.1

Indigenous peoples have traditionally harvested the honey and beeswax of this bee, a practice known as honey hunting.1

给毒液专家

学名: Apis dorsata
类别: 蜜蜂、胡蜂和大黄蜂
家人: Apidae2
排序: Hymenoptera
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: New colonies form when a queen flies away from the nest slowly, with a swarm of workers following her, usually in October or November.1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3