In school we often hear that this honey bee has 7 known honeybee species: Apis dorsata, Apis Laboriosa, Apis Mellifera, Apis Florea, Apis Andreniformis, Apis Cerana and Apis Koschevnikovi. Recently discovered new species of honey bee that is Apis Nigrocincta in Sulawesi and Apis Nuluensis in Kalimantan. With the discovery of two new species, a pre-existing bee type.
Apis Dorsata (giant bee, forest bee, gung bee, odeng, sialang honey) are honey bees that money is still wild. This honeybee is still difficult to cultivate because in addition to its aggressive and fierce, the location where the nest is often located in a very high place. The nest can be found hanging from branches of trees, attics, or steep rocky hills. One colony inhabits a comb in which the size can be very large. In one tree there can be 5 - 10 colonies. The main product of Apis Dorsata is honey and the yield of honey reaches 10 -20 kg per colony per harvest. In fact, from large nest production can reach 30kg. Honey that produces called forest honey.