Drone congregation area
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A drone congregation area is an aerial region where honeybee drones and virgin queens gather to mate.
Honeybee drone photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
Apis dorsata
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Apis dorsata, the rock bee or giant honey bee, is a honey bee of South and Southeast Asia. They are typically around 17–20 mm long and nests are mainly built in exposed places far off the ground, like
Bidens Apis dorsata pollen baskets
Honeybee on Mimosa pudica at Kadavoor
A nest of A. dorsata, consisting of a single exposed hanging comb: the bottom of the comb has a number of unoccupied hexagonal cells
Close up of workers on a hive. The colony was being formed at the time of taking this image. Note the multiple layers of bees on top of each other.