Apis Cerana

Apis cerana, or the Asiatic honey bee (or the Eastern honey bee or the Indian honey bee), is a small honey bee found in southern and southeastern Asia, including all the countries of the Himalayan region (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan) as well as Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam, and probably other countries. This species is also known as the Himalayan hive honeybee. This species is a sister species of Apis koschevnikovi, and both are in the same genus, Apis, as the Western (European) honeybee, Apis mellifera.