Asian honeybee - Asian honeybee

Japanese: アジアミツバチ - あじあみつばち
Asian honeybee - Asian honeybee

…Both live in large family groups centered around a queen bee, and in the case of Western honeybees, a single hive can sometimes contain as many as 50,000 to 60,000 bees. Japanese honeybees are distributed throughout Japan (except Hokkaido) and throughout Asia, and are also called Asian honeybees. Before the Meiji period, they were sometimes bred in various places for honey production, but their numbers began to decline as Western honeybees were imported and modern beekeeping techniques became more widespread. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Asian honeybees" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いずれも女王バチを中心とした大家族の集団で生活し,セイヨウミツバチでは,その1巣当り,ときに5~6万匹に達する。 ニホンミツバチは,北海道を除く日本全国,アジアに広く分布しており,アジアミツバチとも呼ばれる。明治以前には,採みつのために各地で飼育されたこともあったが,セイヨウミツバチが輸入され,近代的な養蜂技術が普及するにつれて減少し始めた。…

※「アジアミツバチ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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