| Philippine honey bee | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Apis |
| Species: | A. nigrocincta
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| Binomial name | |
| Apis nigrocincta | |
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| Range of Apis nigrocincta | |
Apis nigrocincta is a species of honey bee that inhabits the Philippine island of Mindanao as well as the Indonesian islands of Sangihe and Sulawesi. The species is known to have queens with the highest mating frequencies of any species of the tribe Apini.[1]
It is a middle-sized species of the tribe Apini, compared to the larger A. dorsata or smaller A. florea.[2]
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Paternity Frequencywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Michener, Charles (2000). Bees of the World (2nd ed.). JHU Press. ISBN 978-0801885730.