4017amara
Apis cf. cerana
My family and I visited a friend while we were in Sri Lanka, and it turned out that they had these hanging mason pots on a tree that bees regularly took shelter in! While these look very much like the Apis mellifera I am much more familiar with, since I was in Sri Lanka I was quite excited by the idea that these guys may actually be a different Apis species! In light of that, I believe this species to be A. cerana, AKA: the Indian Honey Bee!
Apis cf. cerana
My family and I visited a friend while we were in Sri Lanka, and it turned out that they had these hanging mason pots on a tree that bees regularly took shelter in! While these look very much like the Apis mellifera I am much more familiar with, since I was in Sri Lanka I was quite excited by the idea that these guys may actually be a different Apis species! In light of that, I believe this species to be A. cerana, AKA: the Indian Honey Bee!