Apis nigrocincta

Apis nigrocincta
Swarming behavior in Apis nigrocincta in Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species:
A. nigrocincta
Binomial name
Apis nigrocincta
Map showing the range of Apis nigrocincta
Range of Apis nigrocincta

Apis nigrocincta is a species of honey bee that inhabits the Philippine island of Mindanao as well as the Indonesian islands of Sangihe and Sulawesi. The species is known to have queens with the highest mating frequencies of any species of the tribe Apini.

It is a middle-sized species of the tribe Apini, compared to the larger A. dorsata or smaller A. florea.

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