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	Topics Apis nigrocincta Topic Home *Apis nigrocincta* is a species of honey beeHoney bee Honey bees are a subset of bees which represent a far smaller fraction of bee diversity than most people suspect; of the app... that inhabits the PhilippinePhilippines The Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an island nation located in the Malay archipelago in... islands of MindanaoMindanao Summary Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, ... and Sangihe as well as the IndonesianIndonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a nation of islands consisting of 18,110 islands in the South Eas... island of Celebes or SulawesiSulawesi Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda islands of Indonesia.... . The species builds nests in cavities like the closely related Apis ceranaApis cerana Overview *Apis cerana, or the Asiatic honeybee, are small honeybees of southern and southeastern Asia, such as China, India,... . In fact, there are few substantial differences between the two species: the genitals of the respective droneFacts About Drone (bee) Drones* are male honeybees. Male honeybees develop when the queen bee lays unfertilized eggs. ... s, for instance, are identical. However, there are small morphologicalMorphology (biology) The term morphology in biology refers to the outward appearance of an organism or taxon and its component parts.... differences, genetic polymorphismPolymorphism (biology) In biology, polymorphism can be defined as "the occurrence in the same habitat of two or more forms of a trait in such frequ... in the mitochondrial DNAMitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial DNA is DNA that is located in mitochondria.... , as well as behavioral differences. In areas where the A. cerana and A. nigrocincta live together, they can most immediately be distinguished by their coloration and size: A. cerana tends to be darker and smaller, while A. nigrocincta tends to be larger and have a yellowish clypeusClypeus The clypeus is one of the sclerites that makes up the "face" of an insect.... (the lower area of the face). The architecture of the colonies is also a point of difference: the opening of the drone cell of A. cerana is covered in wax, under which there is a conical cocoon with a central hole or pore. In A. nigrocincta, however, the cell of the drone has a narrow opening, without a hard wax cap and hole. In addition, the queens of A. nigrocincta generally create colonies with greater numbers of drones than those of A. cerana. Another noticeable behavioral difference between the species is the time of day at which they prefer to gather pollen. A. nigrocincta contracts the parasite-caused honey bee disease Varroatosis by playing host to the species of Varroa miteVarroa Varroa is a genus of parasitic arachnids.... known as Varroa underwoodi. In this way, they are similar to Apis cerana nuluensisApis cerana nuluensis *Apis cerana nuluensis* is a subspecies of honeybee described in 1996 by Tingek, Koeniger & Koeniger.... , which is also susceptible to the same species of parasite. External links