The Himalayan giant honey bee and its role in ecotourism development in Nepal

Abstract

Until fairly recently, there was some discussion over the classification of Apis laboriosa and if it was a separate species from A. dorsata. It is now well established that these species of giant honey bee are distinct. Many of the studies on A. laboriosa have been carried out in Nepal, where its distribution does not appear to overlap with that of A. dorsata, which lives at lower altitudes.