Honey bee Apis mellifera, known as the European bee or if in Indonesia known as a superior bee. Bees are classified as benign (ie not easily attack / stinging) and easy maintenance, the most important is the management control of the colony.
Honeybees melifera first present in Indonesia known from Australia to Apiari Scouts in the early decades of the 1970s. But no one said earlier also there are some people try breeding in Central Java with the mainland of China. Apart from all that should be noted is the role of predecessors who are very concerned in the development of this bee species in Indonesia is Apiari Scouts, Department of forestry, and BPPT.
Honeybees mellifera at this point is very easy to find in Central Java (Pati, Jepara, Batang, Boyolali, Semarang, Waterford), East Java (Malang, Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Banyuwangi, Kediri), in West Java (Sukabumi), in Djogdjakarta in Papua (Wamena).
Honey produced from bees species can actually be as high as 60 kg / colony / year, with a note that adequate feed plants bees and colony management is done correctly. Well-known honey produced by bees mellifera is randu honey, honey durian, rubber honey, longan honey, honey kaliandra, honey rambutan.
Other bee products that can be produced mellifera bees is pollen, propolis, royal jelly, beeswax.
Apis mellifera beekeeping is extremely interesting, because we will always move to move from one place to another chasing bees feed crop flowering season.
