Asian Honey Bee (Apis cerana)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Apis cerana
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Fabricius, 1793
Common names: Asian Honey Bee, Asiatic Honey Bee, Asiatic honey bee or Eastern honey bee, Eastern Honey Bee, Honey Bee
Names in other languages (28)
Abeille asiatique, Abeja melífera asiatica, Abella de la Mel Asiàtica, Ape asiatica, Ape orientale, Asya Bal Arısı, Aziatische honingbij, Laywan, Lebah Lalat, Lebah Madu Timur, Rytinė medunešė bitė, intianmehiläinen, pszczoła wschodnia, včela východní, Östliche Honigbiene, östasiatiskt honungsbi, Китайская восковая пчела, نحل العسل الشرقي, মৌমাছি, ਸ਼ਹਿਦ ਦੀ ਮੱਖੀ, ආසියාතික මී මැස්සා, ผึ้งโพรง, トウヨウミツバチ, 东方蜜蜂, 中國蜂, 中華蜜蜂, 東方蜜蜂, 재래꿀벌
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Animalia
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Arthropoda
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Insecta
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Hymenoptera
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Apidae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Apis
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: cerana
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Apis cerana
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 07:00.

Photo of Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 — Photo: Davis Damaledo · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 07:00.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 14 visits the flowers of × eats × pollinates × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is preyed upon by × is a host of × visits × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × has as a parasite × preys on × has as a pathogen × 2 more types with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

Flower visit

visits the flowers of 307 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Shepherd's Needles Bidens alba Asteraceae	visits the flowers of	94	not compared
94 sources · 97 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156143878 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · April 17, 2023 · Human observation; no place published · April 17, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266757627 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 21, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · March 21, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271685558 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 10, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · March 10, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202377655 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 14, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202388649 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 13, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202389102 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 13, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304616674 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 8, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305446001 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 9, 2025 · Human observation And 86 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Bidens Asteraceae	visits the flowers of	15	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
15 sources · 15 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104101529 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 1, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104313440 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 1, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329645211 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 22, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334748755 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 13, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133312990 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 13, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141611801 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 16, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148494983 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 29, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252591467 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 24, 2024 · Human observation And 7 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Nightblooming Cactus Selenicereus undatus	visits the flowers of	10	not compared
10 sources · 10 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143989237 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 12, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143993952 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 15, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143993953 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 15, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143994007 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 22, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144069547 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 8, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144213683 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 26, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381813588 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 15, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388403819 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 16, 2026 · Human observation And 2 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Grass Poaceae Poaceae	visits the flowers of	9	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
9 sources · 9 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116371065 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 9, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25529585 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 15, 2017 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149005335 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 20, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55689118 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 22, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172183940 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 9, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180570987 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 28, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181568041 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 28, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185872050 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 30, 2023 · Human observation And 1 more source, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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eats 192 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Cuban Buttercup Turnera subulata Passifloraceae	eats	21	not compared
21 sources · 21 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310168012 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/316557910 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 6, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/316674593 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 2, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317729688 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 30, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318134793 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 2, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318567821 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 4, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319899980 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 10, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320633045 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 12, 2025 · Human observation And 13 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Coat Buttons Tridax procumbens Asteraceae	eats	17	not compared
17 sources · 17 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10590806 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 3, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319243392 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 6, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/322011634 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 20, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325003411 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 5, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329184884 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 2, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232930540 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 31, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338639199 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 11, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/352598864 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 24, 2026 · Human observation And 9 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye Sphagneticola trilobata Asteraceae	eats	16	not compared
16 sources · 16 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317271666 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 6, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325137008 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 6, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325471508 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 6, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234148930 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 31, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234654975 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 9, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336596110 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 31, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/357095788 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 1, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251701021 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 3, 2023 · Human observation And 8 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Aster Family Asteraceae Asteraceae	eats	14	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
14 sources · 14 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296919373 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 10, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9271206 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 17, 2016 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123170030 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 16, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13984030 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 24, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227152028 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 24, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324152824 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 17, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326576526 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 15, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327530287 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 4, 2020 · Human observation And 6 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Pollination

pollinates 46 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Cirsium eriophoroides Asteraceae	pollinates	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Fang2016 Published in globalbioticinteractions/schwarz2021 Context: no place published · Aug. 24, 2009 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Impatiens trichocarpa	pollinates	1	no location
1 source · 1 record National Database Plant Pollinators. Center for Plant Conservation at San Diego Zoo Global. Accessed via https://saveplants.org/national-collection/pollinator-search/ on 2020-06-05. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/cpc-pollinators/archive/a64674001b3fce1c… Published in globalbioticinteractions/cpc-pollinators Context: no place published · no date published · Secondary A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Common Indian Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae	pollinates	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record Bryony Willcox (The University of New England) Published in ibartomeus/CropPol Context: no place published · Jan. 1, 2016 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Stachys kouyangensis Lamiaceae	pollinates	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Fang2016 Published in globalbioticinteractions/schwarz2021 Context: no place published · July 20, 2010 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 40 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Honey Bee Apis cerana Apidae	interacts with	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132269586 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 20, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132499214 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132503506 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133182495 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 1, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153304486 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 26, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Stinkvine Paederia foetida Rubiaceae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139409321 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 6, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139409325 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 6, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139409326 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 6, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Leea rubra	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159842471 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 5, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277362128 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 1, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180082497 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 25, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye Sphagneticola trilobata Asteraceae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226629414 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 2, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142591586 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 22, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142807253 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 25, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is preyed upon by 33 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Honey Bee Apis cerana Apidae	is preyed upon by	25	not compared
25 sources · 25 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99186337 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 24, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104746032 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 30, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110472113 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 5, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12185831 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 6, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246620850 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 10, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147387481 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 26, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147945969 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 2, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150123714 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 3, 2023 · Human observation And 17 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
crab spiders Thomisidae Thomisidae	is preyed upon by	19	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
19 sources · 21 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339878914 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Sept. 20, 2015 · Human observation; no place published · Sept. 20, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/382227608 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 17, 2026 · Human observation; no place published · July 17, 2026 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99186337 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 24, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12185831 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 6, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147387481 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 26, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150123714 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 3, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152126970 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 24, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156990298 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 28, 2023 · Human observation And 11 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Masked Crab Spider Thomisus labefactus Thomisidae	is preyed upon by	10	not compared
10 sources · 10 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209034731 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 8, 2019 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108222001 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 9, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117720676 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 14, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123023216 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 22, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13516398 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 17, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124094986 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 2, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124235086 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 30, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14978945 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 24, 2018 · Human observation And 2 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Common Crab Spiders Thomisus Thomisidae	is preyed upon by	7	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
7 sources · 7 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104746032 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 30, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330557974 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 13, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129532383 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 19, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246620850 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 10, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147456053 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 26, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42152892 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 14, 2020 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49106288 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 9, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is a host of 23 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Sacbrood virus Iflaviridae	is a host of	41	no location
41 sources · 41 records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/158267314 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718731 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718733 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718735 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718737 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718739 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718741 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/322718743 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published And 33 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Kashmir bee virus Dicistroviridae	is a host of	8	no location
8 sources · 8 records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/209490836 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/209490837 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/209490838 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/209490839 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/402536339 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/402536343 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/402536347 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/402536351 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Nosema ceranae Nosematidae	is a host of	7	no location
7 sources · 7 records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/857489 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/119351142 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/119351143 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/119351144 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/225055878 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/225055879 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/291170243 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Black queen cell virus Dicistroviridae	is a host of	7	no location
7 sources · 7 records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697089 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697091 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697093 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697095 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697097 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697099 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/354697101 Published in millerse/Wardeh-et-al.-2015 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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visits 22 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Aster Family Asteraceae Asteraceae	visits	2	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106099038 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 3, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117149018 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 1, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Coralita Antigonon leptopus Polygonaceae	visits	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309436438 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 27, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309463602 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 27, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Softseed wild petunia Ruellia simplex Acanthaceae	visits	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181287213 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 2, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74341416 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 18, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Asteroideae Asteraceae	visits	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at subfamily level.
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124710276 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 29, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 10 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Honey Bee Apis cerana Apidae	interacts with	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132269586 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 20, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132499214 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132503506 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Aug. 27, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133182495 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 1, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153304486 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 26, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Asian Hornet Vespa velutina Vespidae	interacts with	5	not compared
5 sources · 5 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100274390 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 5, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220726276 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · June 4, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119899015 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 27, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119899025 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 14, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60152031 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 11, 2020 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae	interacts with	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records A. Thessen. 2014. Species associations extracted from EOL text data objects via text mining. Accessed at <https://github.com/EOL/pseudonitzchia/archive/e5838965a186fba4b7215cd0d179c4526773bad5.zip> on 04 Sep 2026. Published in EOL/pseudonitzchia Context: no place published · no date published https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242906065 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 17, 2024 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Collared Carpenter Bee Xylocopa dejeanii Apidae	interacts with	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312780086 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 9, 2025 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 7 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Pogonosoma funebris	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226941016 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 2, 2024 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Common House Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum Theridiidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119715611 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 30, 2022 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Blue Marsh Hawk Orthetrum glaucum Libellulidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183344417 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Sept. 1, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Southern Giant Hornet Vespa soror Vespidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record From twitter @laurahelmuth: Seriously, some bees use dung to deter hornets from entering their hives -- the first observed tool use in wild bees Published in globalbioticinteractions/speciesconnect Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a parasite 7 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Varroa mite Varroa destructor Varroidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 4 records Graystock, P., Blane, E.J., McFrederick, Q.S., Goulson, D. and Hughes, W.O., 2016. Do managed bees drive parasite spread and emergence in wild bees?. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 5(1), pp.64-75. Published in millerse/Greystock-et-al.-2015 Record contexts (sample): North America · no date published; Paraguay · Jan. 1, 1971 A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Parasitic Bee Mites Varroa Varroidae	has as a parasite	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record Graystock, P., Blane, E.J., McFrederick, Q.S., Goulson, D. and Hughes, W.O., 2016. Do managed bees drive parasite spread and emergence in wild bees?. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 5(1), pp.64-75. Published in millerse/Greystock-et-al.-2015 Context: Primorsky Krai, Russia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Varroa Mite Varroa jacobsoni Varroidae	has as a parasite	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Graystock, P., Blane, E.J., McFrederick, Q.S., Goulson, D. and Hughes, W.O., 2016. Do managed bees drive parasite spread and emergence in wild bees?. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 5(1), pp.64-75. Published in millerse/Greystock-et-al.-2015 Context: Eastern Asia · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Antrocephalus Chalcididae	has as a parasite	1	no location	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
1 source · 1 record Singh987 via Universal Chalcidoidea Database Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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preys on 4 organisms

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Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Honey Bee Apis cerana Apidae	preys on	25	not compared
25 sources · 25 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99186337 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 24, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104746032 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 30, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110472113 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 5, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12185831 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 6, 2018 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246620850 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 10, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147387481 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 26, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147945969 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Feb. 2, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150123714 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 3, 2023 · Human observation And 17 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Yellow Blossom Tecoma stans Bignoniaceae	preys on	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256878480 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Dec. 22, 2024 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Leea rubra	preys on	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194514078 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 3, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Honey Bee Apis cerana Apidae	preys on	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177312028 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Jan. 25, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a pathogen 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Nosema ceranae Nosematidae	has as a pathogen	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Diseases of the honey bee. Accessed at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee Published in globalbioticinteractions/bioinfo Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Chalkbrood Ascosphaera apis Ascosphaeraceae	has as a pathogen	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Gilliam, M., Lorenz, B.J., Prest, D.B., Camazine, S., 1993. Ascosphaera apis from Apis cerana from South Korea. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 61: 111-112. Published in millerse/Ecological-Database-of-the-World-s-Insect-Pathogens Context: Korea · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.