Table 1.

The major species of honeybees and their geographical distribution.

Honeybee Species (Scientific Name)	Common Name/Domestication	Region
A. mellifera	Western honeybee/domesticated	Old World Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, and Africa
A. cerana	Asiatic honeybee/domesticated	Southern, Southeastern, and Eastern Asia
A. dorsata	Giant honeybee/wild	Southern and Southeastern Asia
A.florea	Red dwarf honeybee/wild	Southern and Southeastern Asia
A. andreniformis	Black dwarf honeybee/wild	Southeastern Asia
A. laboriosa	Himalayan giant honey bee/wild	Asia (Himalayas, mountainous regions of Bhutan and China, India, and Vietnam)
A. koschevnikovi	Koschevnikov’s honeybee/wild	Asia (Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo)
A. nigrocincta	Philippine honeybeelwild	Asia (The Philippine island of Mindanao and Indonesian islands of Sangihe and Sulawesi)