5 Weird Species Of Honey Bee Found In India

Beekeeping in India are commercially important for natural honey and beeswax, harvested from the wild as well as from beekeeping. The production of honey in India comes from Tamil Nadu in southern India, hilly areas of Manipur and Nagaland, from the West Bengal region.

* Rock Bee

Giant honey bee or Rock bee mainly found in forested of Himalaya of India and Terai of Nepal. These social bees are very aggressive in nature and their honey is most expensive in the world.

* Indian Hive Bee

Indian honey bee or Indian hive bee is one of the predominant bees found in India and ideal for beekeeping. They are subspecies of Asiatic honey bee and very similar to the European honey bee.

* Dwarf Honey Bee

Dwarf honey bees also known as little honeybees are small but wild honey bees, most commonly seen in Southeastern Asia and Northeastern part of India. These honey bees along with its sister species black dwarf honey bees provide many useful products for human consumption.

* European Honey Bee

Western honey bee or European honey bee is the primary species for beekeeping in India and one of five species of bees found in India for natural honey and beeswax production.

* Indian Stingless Bee

Indian stingless bee also known as dammar bee is found throughout the Indo-Malay region, predominantly found in India and island of Sri Lanka. The dammar bees honey stored in pots and collect honey from medicinally important herbal plants and flowers so that their highly prized medicinal honey can be utilized.