It has been estimated that 66% of the world's crop species are pollinated by bees, including
honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees (Kremen, Williams, & Thorp, 2002; Partap …

Domestication has irrevocably impacted human evolution. The domestication
process/pathways have been the focus of abundant research for plants and vertebrates …

This chapter presents an overview of the role of Asian honeybees in non-agricultural
situations. The medium and large Apis species concentrate on the most rewarding …

Honeybees are flying insects, belong to genus Apis, are highly social, produce honey and
construct colonial nests by wax secreted with the help of workers in the colony. Bees …

The geographical distributions of the dwarf honeybees, Apis andreniformis and Apis florea,
are defined and mapped. The analysis is based primarily on data in the literature for both …

The history of the systematics of the Asian honeybee species is given, including discussions
of paradigm shifts in the definition of species as earlier taxonomic methods evolved and …

Although the natural distribution area of the Asian species encompasses some 40 Mkm 2 of
continental and oceanic Asia, honeybees occupy less than 20% of these lands. Current …

Apis dorsata Binghami is a Sulawesi endemic honey bee. Apis dorsata Binghami cannot be
bred, so it still lives wildlyin the forests of Sulawesi. However, Apis dorsata Binghami …

The early historical background of honeybee phylogeny and systematics are reviewed and
then proceed through the important contributions of von Buttel-Reepen (Mitt Zool Mus Berl 3 …

This chapter summarises the current state of knowledge on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA),
including both coded and non-coding regions. This tool is now one of the primary sources of …